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Start Over Culture or time period Southern Sierra Miwok Accession number Acc.216
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236859, described as Coiled, truncated conical shape, design of complex horizontal zigzags in dark red-brown. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split sedge root, designs in split redbud shoot.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10350, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Pattern is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Coiled on grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; flattish in form, with flaring sides. Decoration: horizontal black zigzag design beneath rim.

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