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Hearst Museum object titled Parching basket, accession number 1-11985, described as Old hemispherical parching basket. Tag "Yuki". Second tag "40-B". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low broad parching basket. Used, with food debris and burns. There are some native repairs. The start is a pinhole start. The coil foundation is peeled shoot splints surrounding one to two rods. The basket wefts are unpeeled and peeled redbud, the redbud on the rim is a darker color. The design includes two horizontal bands, with five rows of redbud each. There is a break in the design at the same space in each band. There are random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped, with peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim ending is missing for about three inches. The basket has an exterior workface. The weft fag ends are concealed; the interior moving ends are concealed. There are about 40% split wefts on the interior, with less than 5% split on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction, with a down to the right of slant weft twist. The basket has definite Yuki techniques and materials.

Hearst Museum object titled Parching basket, accession number 1-12018, described as Very old hemispherical parching basket. Tag: "Yuki" Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled parching basket that has had broken bottom replaced with coiled patch. The basket has food debris. The start on the patch is a flaring coil over splints. The patch has mostly splits with only a few rods and widely spaced wefts. The warps on the rest of the basket are rods and splints. The basket has peeled redbud background wefts and unpeeled redbud design wefts. The design is four horizontal bands of unpeeled redbud that have a break at the same area of the band. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is missing. The basket and patch have an exterior workface. There are many split stitches on the backface. On the patch the weft fag ends are bound under, with the moving ends concealed. On the basket the weft fag ends are sometimes trimmed or concealed, but are most often bound under. The basket moving ends are difficult to see, but some are concealed and some are bound under. The basket and patch have a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The work direction, materials and techniques used in the basket are consistent with Wailaki manufacture, especially considering the lack of random unpeeled redbud design rectangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Parching basket, accession number 1-11933, described as Very old large hemispherical parching basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled parching basket. The basket has food debris. The basket start is twined. The warps are rod and splint. The basket has peeled redbud background wefts and unpeeled redbud design wefts. The design is four horizontal bands of unpeeled redbud as well as many random unpeeled redbud rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is missing. The basket has an exterior workface. There are some split stitches on the backface. The weft fag ends are primarily bound under and the moving ends are difficult to see but are either bound under or concealed. The basket has a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist. Samuel Barrett's informants say this basket is Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12116, described as Very old twined plate form basket. Dirty and worn from usage. Close twining; 7 cm radius from basket start is 3-strand twining; also one row about 4 cm down from rim, and one row 4.5 cm down; also the top row. The rest of basket is plain twining. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Small twined bowl, heavily used, with food residue on the interior and exterior of the basket. The basket has a crossed warp start. The warps are a peeled shoot. The weft material is conifer root. There is no weft overlay. From the starting knot there are 2 2/3 inches of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inch of plain twining, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining at the rim. The rim is trimmed, with the majority of the warp sticks extending above the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right of slant of weft twist. The basket has an exterior workface. The basket has some undulation.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12170, described as Old plate form openwork basket. In good condition, just dirty. Plain twining; weft ends turned upwards to parallel warp. 3 rows at top more closely woven. A small piece of cotton fabric is tied on the edge at one point. Tag "1302". Tag "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket bowl. Crossed warp start, perpendicular. Peeled shoots warps and wefts, perahps willow. Starting at the starting knot: there is plain twining to the rim where there are three closer spaced plain twined rows. The rim is trimmed, with some warps extending 1/16th of an inch above the rim The warps are primarily parallel, and new warps are tightly bound to old warps. The basket does not undulate. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12083, described as Plate form openwork basket. Looks in good condition. Plain twining. Weft ends turned to parallel a warp up to the top. 3 rows more closely twined at the top. Tag: "Wailaki", second tag "1071". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket tray. Crossed warp start, perpendicular. Peeled shoot warps and wefts, probably willow. Starting at the starting knot there is plain twining over one or two warps, at the rim there are three closely spaced plain twined rows. The rim is closely trimmed. The warps are primarily parallel, and new warps are tightly bound to old warps. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket does not undulate.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12169, described as Per Ralph Shanks and Justin Underhill: 3 tags with cat #, 1 with Wailaki large open-work tray, 3-4 inches in height. It has been broken and repaired in 5 places, the repairs appear to be native, 2 repairs done with string and 3 done with the weft material. Basket is used with a great deal of food debris. Cross-warp start with plain twining to the rim. At the rim there are 4 open-work weft rows that are more closely spaced than the rest of the basket. The materials appear to be peeled shoots but are so stained and coated it is difficult to identify. Warps are neatly trimmed. There is an exterior work face with a rightward work direction. Slant of weft twist is up and to the right. There is some undulation. Old plate form openwork basket. Coated with grime from usage. Several breaks, 3 roughly sewn together; edge held together in 3 places with a fiber twine. Plain twining; weft ends turned up to parallel a warp strand. 3 rows at top twined more closely together than the rest.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12077, described as Openwork plain twined plate form basket. Fragile, very grimy from use, worn, 1 break in edge. Much of top row gone. 3 top rows closely twined; weft ends turned upwards to become warps or parallel existing warps. Two labels "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring openwork plain twined basket, used, with food residue. Crossed warp start. The warps and wefts are willow or some other peeled shoot. The plain twining is over multiple warps for the 3/4 inch. The warps are primarily parallel. The last three weft rows are closely spaced. The rim is trimmed. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12074, described as Old plain twined plate form basket. Four rows closely twined at rim, crudely sewn over later; a gap in the edge was repaired by crude coiling. Weft ends turned to form additional warps, or parallel existing warps. Openwork, flat. Tag: "Wailki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket bowl. Crossed warp start, perpendicular. Peeled shoots warps and wefts, with a different type of unpeeled shoot repairs. Starting at the starting knot: there is plain twining over two warps for three rows, followed by plain twining over one or two warps, at the rim there are three closer spaced plain twined rows. The rim is closely trimmed. The warps are primarily parallel, and new warps are tightly bound to old warps. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket does not undulate. The is a burn at the rim, perhaps resulting in the repair at the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Plate basket, accession number 1-12019, described as Openwork twined basket with warp turned down border, the ends of the warp sticks being inside instead of outside the basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined basket bowl. Used, with wear and some residue. The start is a cross-warped twined start. The warp foundation is primarily unpeeled shoot rods. The background wefts are unknown unpeeled red shoot and the design wefts are peeled. The design is one horizontal band of peeled material. The rim is made of warps bound down to the right on the interior of the basket, forming a looped trim on the rim. The basket has an exterior work face, a rightward work direction, and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

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