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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-446, described as Shallow bowl basket; plain twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Two bands in red.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-445, described as Shallow bowl basket; lattice-twined. Warp is possibly willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Three bands in red.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-327, described as Shallow bowl basket; lattice-twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Two double bands in red.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-528, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis).

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-323, described as Openwork bowl basket; lattice-twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). With a strong rim. Horizontal band in red. "Pinole sifter.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-328, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Five bands of red.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-786, described as Bowl basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

Hearst Museum object titled Mush basket, accession number 1-747, described as Mush boiling basket, twined 2 bands of overlay single faced type decoration. 3 strand twining at start, 3 cm radius; also the third row from top. Fourth row down lattice twining of peeled shoots. Grimy and worn from use. Two tags " Wailaki" Per Ralph Shanks: Mush boiling basket. Probably crossed warp start, indented. The warp material is a peeled shoot; the wefts are conifer root with an overlay design in beargrass. There is a reinforcing rod on the exterior of the basket wrapped with another material. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for about 2 inches, followed by plain twining up to one inch from the rim, followed by a lattice twined rod, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The basket somewhat undulates. The work direction is to the right, with an exterior workface and up to the right slant of weft twist. There are two horizontal bands of beargrass overlay design, there are two to three points on the bottom of the band to every point on the top of the band. The overlay is single sided. The shape of the basket is different from Northwestern California mush boilers, with straighter sides.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-713, described as Acorn storage basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis).