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Hearst Museum object titled Ball, accession number 1-259517, described as ball, Indian football made of tanned deerskin, stuff with soaproot riber and sewn with sinew. diameter: 21.cm.; W: 68 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-4098, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is grass, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With incurving top. This is a treasure basket. Decoration: vertical diamond and zigzag patterns outlined in black. Made of maple and Pteridium; 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-27919, described as Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches; wide-mouthed with flaring sides. Decoration: black design featuring diamonds and crossing diagonal lines.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-71273, described as Coiled, maroon (redbud) designs. Sedge root weft. Diagonally overstitched rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-144938, described as Coiled. Truncated cone form. Decoration: 3-part design of large pendant triangular motifs bordered with small triangles in dark red; in redbud. 3-rod coiling with split stitches on interior face.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-259274, described as Tightly coiled round open basket with black zig-zag pattern.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-224059, described as Coiled. Decoration: vertical oblique and diagonal band decoration in black. 3-rod foundation with mixed non-interlocking and split stitching.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-214584, described as Coiled; wide mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: 4-lobed design of diagonal rows of triangles. Made of grass and redbud. Grass bundle foundation with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236848, described as Diagonally twined, warps of unpeeled redbud, wefts of split peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Hemispherical shape. Design: speckled pattern in open work twined motif produced by peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Hanging cord (shoelace) attached.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236849, described as Openwork diagonally twined, scoop shaped, no design, all materials peeled.