Culture or time period: Central California Tribes / Taxon: Pteris quilina / Accession number: Acc.229 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10060, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Three stick basket with black design called yutappa, said to mean “hanging down”.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10058, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine (Pinus). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Straight-walled and rather small.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10264, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Coiled; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Described as very old and much worn when first collected. Decoration: diagonal zigzag design in brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10174, described as Basket; Warp is Epicampes weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Wide-mouthed with flaring sides. Decoration: diagonally crossing bands of black "flying geese." Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Rim is damaged at several spots.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10214, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is grass, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Red pattern is Redbud. Apparently two baskets, elliptical and recurved, joined by a flat basketry foundation. Both the foundation and the baskets are coiled. Decoration: smaller basket has open red diamond figures in a design termed "rare" by Samuel A. Barrett; larger basket has red variant on zigzag pattern. Designs are in redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10289, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Globose in shape. Coiled with a grass bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: 7 concentric, horizontal bands of black triangles alternately pointing towards rim and downwards. Arrowhead motif.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10156, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Large and deep. Decoration: rectangular bands, in black, arranged in 4 columns around basket. Bottom of basket has been repaired.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-10107, described as Bread tray basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Receptacle basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10122, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Appears to use single-rod coiling technique (?) with interlocking stitches. Decoration: two thin black bands encircling the basket horizontally.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10068, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quillina). Decoration: horizontal and vertical zigzag designs in black. Made of grass. Multiple rod coiling with non-interlocking stitches. Basket has been repaired at bottom and is badly damaged along rim and at bottom.