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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235237, described as Twined. Parallelograms in tan with vertical, light colored columns on straw colored ground.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235253, described as Twined basketry meal shaker. Whirlwind design in center, toothed designs on body. New and unused.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59101a,b, described as (a) Small, oval, imbricated basket with 4 ladder-like designs in black and straw color; encircling bands (orange, blue, green on beige ground) around rim. With (b) tumpline made of twined wool on fiber foundation; attached to (a) by broken plaited line.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235236, described as Twined. Unused. Woodwardia fern in rows. 2 encircling bands. Geometric designs.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235261, described as Coiled. Design of 3 ascending paired diagonals with projections. Has been used.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235233, described as Oval twined novelty basket with 4 bow - shaped designs in brown on straw - colored ground. In ink on the interior of the basket are two swastika like symbols. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, made for sale. Oval crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is plain twining to the edge of the base, where there are two weft rows of lattice twining. Going up the sides of the basket there are two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining up to below the rim where there is a single weft row of three strand twining followed by 1/8 inch of openwork parallel warps. At the rim there are two weft rows of plain twining and a reinforcing rod wrapped with a peeled shoot. The main design is four sets of butterfly-like figures that are formed by a central rectangle with two triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59093a,b, described as With lid, twined, cylindrical. (a) Basket: diamond designs in orange and purple/black; long, narrow and tapering. (b) Cover: twined material with encircling bands in red and purple/black; attached to (a) by cotton thread.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235262, described as Coiled; flaring sides. Design is paired opposing triangles, each pair either in red or black materials; areas of ticking on rim. Red stained on one side.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235263, described as Money basket"; small-necked jar-shaped coiled basket. Design is diagonal blocks each with red hourglass shaped center and black edges; stained with blue ink.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235231, described as Tall, narrow, flared fancy basket. 4 encircling geometric design bands in red with dark brown outlines. There is a swastika in ink on the interior of the basket. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined globular basket vase, probably made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/2 inches plain twining, followed by 2 weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining followed by 1/4 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim appears to be comprised of 1 weft row of twining with reinforcing rods wrapped with beargrass. The main design is three horizontal rows of stepped parallelograms and triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California. There is a possible human hair woven into the basket, near the center exterior.

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