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Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-2439, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Globose, plain twining, bands of horizontal and vertical stripes, 3 buckskin thong loops near rim (a fourth has come off). Grimy from use. One horizontal break near rim.