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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 1-10289, 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 Bowl basket, accession number 1-10184, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Pattern is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Decoration: black rectangular figures arranged in vertical zigzag pattern. Coiled on grass bundle foundation, with non-interlocking stitches. Repaired on bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10185, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is mud-dyed Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: horizontal and vertical zigzag patterns in brown. Coiled on a bundle foundation, with non-interlocking stitches. Bottom has been repaired, rim is damaged in several places and has been repaired along one break.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10189, 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 bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; flaring sides. Decoration: 2 bands of black horizontal zigzags and 4 columns of solid black diamonds. The rim is damaged in several places. Basket has been repaired about halfway down.

Hearst Museum object titled Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10157, described as Basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Boat-shaped. Decoration: black geometrical figures. Design material is brackenfern root. Upper portion is single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches; lower portion is coiling on a multiple rod foundation with split stitches. Lower part of basket is designed, upper part is not.

Hearst Museum object titled Scoop, accession number 1-10170, described as Scoop basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and deep, of a triangular shape. No decoration.