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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-14182, described as 3-rod coiled basket with black Martynia design; unfinished.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-14180, described as 3-rod coiled basket with black and red designs; white material, cottonwood; black martynia, red yucca.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-14181, described as 3-rod coiled basket with black Martynia design; unfinished.

Hearst Museum object titled Bear grass, accession number 2-14330a,b, described as (a) Bear grass. (b) Split bear grass stalk. (a) Used as thatch. (b) Used for a hearth of firedrill.

Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-14171a,b, described as Pair of boots.

Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-14172a,b, described as Pair of boots.

Hearst Museum object titled Bottle model, accession number 2-14179, described as Plain twining without pitch material lemon berry; stick attachments fastened with martynia.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 2-14184, described as burden basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 2-14183, described as With mescal coating inside.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking stone, accession number 2-69175, described as Rock which has been melted; porous in quite a few places, greyish-black in color; melted on sand on great deal of body surface. Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted like this one.