Collection place: Madera County, California / Culture or time period: Eastern Miwok / Accession number: Acc.237 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-10266, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling with fine, non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: large diamond-like figures outlined in black and four columns of solid black triangles, or arrowheads, one on top of the other.

Hearst Museum object titled Seeds, accession number 1-10472, described as Glossy light brown in appearance. The main component of the specimen consists of nutlets of Salvia columbariae Benth., chia, Lamiaceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 60 seeds of Gilia sp., gilia, Polemoniaceae. 58 seeds of unknown Brassicaceae; 3 nutlets of Plagiobothrys sp., fiddleneck, Boraginaceae; 2 nutlets of Cryptantha sp., cryptantha, Boraginaceae. 2 seeds of Clarkia sp., clarkia, Onagraceae; 1 seed of Silene antirrhina L., sleepy catchfly, Caryophyllaceae; 1 floret of Vulpia microstachys (Nutt.) Munro, small fescue, Poaceae.