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Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-401, described as Seed beater. Rough, plain, twined bowl with string-wound handle, of willow. Whole willow shoots, peeled and unpeeled. Somewhat worn. The bowl of the beater is similar to those made by Little Lake Pomo.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12049, described as Very old. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater, plain-twined, very heavily used with lots of residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an interior work face, work direction is rightward. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with redbud and cordage. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent. The weaver is of both Yuki and Wailaki descent and therefore the seed beater could be attributed to either of those groups.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11978, described as Seed beater Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, used, but with no residue apparent. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent. Bowl is shallower and broader than others in the collection, same diameter as 1-11994.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12016, described as Old. Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, used with some residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-11994, described as Very old Per Ralph Shanks and Christa Ogier. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined, heavily used with lots of residue on both handle and bowl. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Bowl is shallower and broader than other Yuki seed beaters in the collection. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with redbud. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. There is no design apparent.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-12021, described as Small and new. Per Ralph Shanks. Tag says "Yuki". Seed beater basket, plain-twined. Looks traditional, probably not made for sale. Basket has a cross-warp starting knot. The handle and bowl are made of redbud shoots. Rim is open-wrapped with some warps extending beyond the rim of the bowl. Handle is attached to the bowl by extending some of the warps into the center of the bowl and then bending them back into the handle. Some of the handle warps have been integrated into the bowl. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right with an exterior work face, work direction is uncertain. The handle is wrapped to a limited degree with cordage. There are no observed hairs and the attribution is a Yuki seed beater. The basket has designs made of unpeeled rebbud. There is a circular design at the starting not and a circular band about halfway through the bowl.