Object class: Cooking baskets / Materials: Porcupine quill / Accession number: Acc.310 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12751, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with vertical zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12748, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with diagonal red band carrying yellow stripe. Indigenous name: maksha.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12752, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with large horizontal zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12753, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown dye is split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with double horizontal zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa. Bright pink quill on side, possibly a property mark.