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Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9398, described as Openwork tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus) and Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Black color is mud-dyed. Mostly plain twined. Design very faint, is not overlay, pattern in dyed black.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9399, described as Openwork tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus) and Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Black color is mud-dyed. Plain twined. Four stripes of black dyed warp.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2450, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Spruce (Pinaceae). Black color on warp is is mud-dyed. Plain twined openwork, tightly woven rows at start and rim. Does not look used.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10496, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Redbud. Black pattern is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Of "lazy woman" stitch with design in diagonal zigzag.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20947, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Yucca. Black color is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With butterfly pattern in rectangles arranged in 8 spiral groups, 11 rectangles to a spiral.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1804, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Green is mud dyed Bear grass (?). height: 7.3 cm, diameter: 18.9 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Clay slingshot and basket, accession number 1-10604, described as Mud balls (24), round, baked. In basket, tule, oval, with handle. "These balls are made only of a whitish earth and are found only in a few places. Baked close by the fire.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10475, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Redbud. Black pattern is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9952, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is possibly Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Decoration: slightly oblique, irregular black bands. Design material is bracken fern root. Basket is very worn. It has been extensively repaired at base, but there are many breaks both near the base and at the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Jar basket, accession number 1-19782, described as Jar basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Bottle-necked shape. Small, very low neck. No feather or yarn on shoulder. Left to right work direction. Grass bundle formation.