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Start Over Materials Brake fern Taxon Salix Accession number Acc.237
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 1-10264, 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 1-10075, 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. Decoration: solid black triangles and rectangles. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. There is fairly extensive rim damage.
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 1-10121, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Horizontal black zigzag design. Basket is executed in 3-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitches and, on the interior face, some split stitching.
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 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.
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 Canoe shaped basket, accession number 1-10352, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Brown pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-Rod coiling with interlocking stitches; boat-shaped and broad in form. Decoration: large diamond-like figures, outlined in black, extending from rim to base. Foundation material is peeled redbud.

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