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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-27159, described as Twined. Wavy band of white with step fret edges.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-27158, described as Twined, same pattern as 1-27157: band of interlocking diamonds, white and brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-27180, described as Coiled, oval border of black feathers and clam shell beads. Design of black crosses.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-27184, described as Twined. 1 wide triangular, 3 narrow bands of brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-27192a,b, described as (a) Twined, geometric design in brown. (b) Lid.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27174, described as Basketry cap. Twined. Triangles in white and maidenhair fern. Three tags "92", "Klamath R. Tribes Att." "Squaw Cap Klamath lev [?] Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly hazel. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, a black dyed material-possibly dyed confer root, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is another weft row of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is trimmed. The design background is conifer root. Starting at the starting knot there is a half of an inch of conifer root with no overlay. The basket has multiple horizontal one weft rows comprised of maidenhair fern. A sun/flower pattern is formed by beargrass triangles at the start. The main design is formed by a several elements comprised of a triangle surrounded by smaller triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is only on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot. The Wiyot and peoples South of them were known to dye conifer root as seen in this basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27175, described as Basketry cap. Twined. Triangular design in maidenhair fern. Label "Squaw Cap Klamath lev [?] Calif.". Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.25 inches of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is another weft row of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is trimmed. The background overlay is beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is a 1/2 an inch of conifer root with no overlay. At the start there are four vertical rectangles. The main design is formed by pairs of stacked parallelograms with beargrass triangles on the interior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is only on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27162, described as Basketry cap, twine, elaborate pattern in brown and maidenhair fern. Tag: "80". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a red-dyed woodwardia background with maidenhair fern and beargrass designs. The last weft row is tied with string at the end. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 3/4 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is three elements comprised of a stepped slash outlined by five triangles on each side. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, based on the extensive use of red-dyed woodwardia the basket could be Karuk. There is a hair woven in near the rim.