Maker or artist: Lincoln / Taxon: Sporobolus rigens / Accession number: Acc.220 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10153, described as Boat basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix) and Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Large and in the shape of an elliptical canoe. Decoration consists of 5 groups of black and red horizontal lines; each group contains eleven parallel lines (or stitches). The basket is executed in single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.