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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 1-12107, described as Coated with grime from use (tarweed); some seeds stuck in. Handle looks relatively new; a bunch of shoots stuck through open holes and crudely wrapped and tied together. Openwork, mixed plain and twill twining. Samuel A. Barrett "field notes, p. 48: wilk seed beater". Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater, used with residue. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot on the scoop, the handle is an unpeeled red shoot. The scoop's warps converge and diverge without crossing. The scoop is primarily plain twined. The handle is a dense bundle of shoots that is wrapped with a partially peeled shoots. 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-9570, described as model of seed beater.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10588, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).

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.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-10529, described as Seed beater or harvesting basket. Dirty from use. Openwork, mixed plain and twill twining; 4 rows at edge more closely twined. Handle: twined around stick bundle; braided warps wrapped around handle near edge of seed beater portion. End of handle flared, more closely twined. Called cultci. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined seed beater, probably used. Materials are perhaps a willow weft; the rods are a peeled shoot, perhaps willow. Where the handle meets the scoop there is a loop of braided willow wrapped four times around the handle. Plain-twined openwork. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an interior workface. The handle is bound to the scoop through scoop start. The rim is trimmed.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-28566, described as Twined seed beater. Openwork, plain twining, 3 rows at edge are more closely twined. Handle twined around a stick bundle, flaring out at end and more closely twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined seed beater, probably used. Materials are conifer root weft; rods are a peeled shoot, perhaps willow. Plain-twined openwork. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an interior workface. The handle is bound to the scoop through scoop start. The rim is trimmed.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-7396, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Made of whole shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11793, described as Seed beater; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Handle is Willow (Salix) fastened with Hazel. Padded with Sedge (Carex) and wrapped with skin. Round basket in openwork twining with splint bundle handle wrapped in hide. 6 rows of close twining near rim.