Object class: Baskets (containers) / Culture or time period: Plains Miwok / Accession number: Acc.245 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-9935, described as Coiled; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: black diamonds arranged in a 3-lobed diagonal zigzag which encircles basket. Design material is bracken fern root. 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9934, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9933, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Decoration: long black meander design, arranged horizontally. Design material is bracken fern root. 3-rod coiling with stitches split on interior face and herringbone border stitch at rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-9932, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp is Grass, weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small, known as "dipper basket." Decoration: black triangular design. Designs are executed in bracken fern root. 3-rod coiling, with split stitching (stitiches split on interior face).

Hearst Museum object titled Food tray, accession number 1-9937, described as Food tray basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Flat in form and described when first collected as being old. A piece of rope is attached. There is no decoration. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 1-9936, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.