Collector: Mrs. A. D. Black / Culture or time period: North Central California tribes / Accession number: Acc.242 - 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10152, described as Storage basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Large, coarse, and shallow, of single-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitching. Two black horizontal lines encircling the basket constitute the decoration. Materials include willow.