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Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10397, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-2530, described as Tags: 2 tags "Lassik" Per Ralph Shanks and Justin Underhill: Object is a twined seed beater (not seed knocker). Very used, with a lot of food materials adhering. Comprised of a disk and a handle that were likely made separately. Disk has a cross warp starting knot that extends out with plain twining to the rim. The rim of the disk is trimmed with a number of warp sticks extending 1/16 of an inch past the rim. Basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. Work face is exterior, and work direction is rightward. The handle is twined and consists of a bundle of rods which are doubled over and bent through the disk at various locations starting in the center and extending up to 4 weft rows below the rim. The longest rods are, for the most part, unpeeled and are found in the middle of the handle and some of the the shortest make up the warp of the handle. A few of the shorter rods are incorporated into the center of the handle. The twining around the handle proceeds to the right from 2 weft rows of the disk's rim. Where the handle meets the rim there are 3 stitches around the top 2 weft rows of the rim and the weft row that is entering the handle. The 2 shoots that wrap around the handle are not twined for one full rotation around the handle then they transition to 5 rows of plain twining spaced about 1 1/4 inches. There are 3 closely spaced weft rows of plain twining at the top of the handle. The handle is flared starting approximately 1 inch from the rim, the rim of the handle is trimmed. About 7 rods at the center of the handle extend above the rim for about 1/2 inch. Seed knocker (Beltcí)
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-19818, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Grape (Vitus californica) and string.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-19708, described as Seed beater
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10480, described as Seed beater basket; warp and weft are Willow (Salix) or Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Turned warp.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10497, described as Seed beater basket; warp and weft are Willow (Salix) or Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Turned warp.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-198157, described as Unfinished. Wickerwork.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-53986, described as Openwork, twined. Tag "#3" second tag “Maidu". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork plain twined basket seed beater, used and has residue. Peeled shoots for the warps and whole and split peeled shoots for the wefts. There is a reinforcing rod at the rim that may have once been connected but is broken, and is wrapped on with peeled shoots. There is cloth tied at the handle. The rim is wrapped at bottom of the basket. Primarily there are two warps wrapped in the wefts. There are primarily convergent warps. The weft strands vary between double and single strand. The starting knot started at the handle. The basket has a down to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is probably not Sierra Miwok and is possibly from Eastern Central California in origin, maybe Maidu based on the slant of weft twist and the tag on the basket. The shape is also the shape of a typical Maidu seed beater.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-730, described as Scoop basket, dirty from use; first row of twining on handle has slipped of the warp sticks. Twined openwork, mostly plain. 3 rows at outer edge more tightly twined. Handle is a bundle of doubled-over sticks inserted through holes; outside ones are warps for twining. Three tags "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot. The disk is plain twined, widely spaced. The handle is attached to the scoop through a few of the largest rods going through the scoop near its center and then bending back to the handle. These rods in the handle are surrounded by rods that form an exterior cage of warps with wefts that are plain twined, in six weft rows. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The warps are trimmed at the scoop rim and handle.
Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12085, described as Old and caked with grime from use. Openwork, twined, mixed plain and twill weaves, top three rows more tightly twined. Handle of sticks inserted through openwork and doubled over; outside of bundle is twined. At 2.5-5 cm from beater edge on handle, the twining wefts are braided and wrapped around the stick bundle. Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater, used with residue. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot. The scoop's warps converge and diverge without crossing. The handle and scoop are primarily plain twined with some possible diagonal twining present. The handle is a dense bundle of shoots that is openwork plain twined to the base where there are four wefts rows with three weft strands braided together. The larger rods in the handle go to the center of the scoop and are bent back to join the handle. The slant of weft twist is up to the right. The warps are trimmed at the rim and handle.

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