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Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-2540, described as Pan Basket. Tags: Lassik, Tugak and second and 3rd tag say Lassik Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, used, probably with acorn processing or acorn flour. Has distinctive Lassik cross warp start. Materials are conifer root weft with bear grass overlay with peeled shoot warps. From the start there is 1 1/2 inches of 3 strand twining, followed by plain twining until 1/4 inch from the rim where we get a single row of 3 strand twining and then 2 weft rows of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with numerous warp sticks extending up to about 1/4 inch from the rim. The slant of weft twist is up and to the right with a rightward work direction. The surface is slightly undulating. The design has about 12 parrallel bands, is single sided with irregular bear grass appearing on the interior. Basket has an exterior workface. The basket is quite distinctive from Northwestern California twining. Pan basket, close woven.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-2568, described as Acorn cracker made of stone, elongated and flattened.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bark, accession number 1-2561, described as Taken from the inside of hollow fir trees.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-2536, described as Tags: Kaitel, Lassik; Second tag Lassik Per Ralph Shanks: Open work basket, used, with some residue present near the start and between warps. Cross warp start, each crossing is 2 bundles of 3 warps that are bundled together by 3-4 weft stitches on each side. Entire basket is plain twining. From the start there are 3 or 4 stitches over 3 warps at each end of the start, followed by 2 rows of plain stitching over mostly 2 warps, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim has 3 closely spaced weft rows of plain twining with trimmed edges. Warp sticks extend past the rim in a few places aprroximately 1/16 of an inch. Rightward work direction with an exterior work face. Parallel warp. Materials are peeled shoots. Basket is lacking any decorative design. Very little undulation. Openwork pan basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2539, described as Pan basket, close woven. Tag: "Lassik", second tag "Tugak Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket flaring bowl, with the shape that is used for winnowing and processing acorn, it appears to be used. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are a peeled shoot, possibly hazel, and the wefts are conifer root with a beargrass overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 2 inches, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is eleven horizontal bands of beargrass, four of which are triangles, the rest are plain lines. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2551, described as Bowl. Tag: "Tcunus Lassik". Second tag: "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, not used. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts with an overlay of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). 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, followed by plain twining for 4 inches, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of diagonal twining over two warps. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks extending up slightly. The overlay design is a horizontal band with a beargrass background and two horizontal rows of polygon designs in maidenhair fern. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on the exterior and interior faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. There are several hairs woven into the base of the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2538, described as Bowl. Tag: "Lassik", second tag "tcunus". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined "fancy basket" bowl, with no residue. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are probably hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining for two weft rows, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 1/2 inch, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch 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, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of lattice twining one of which has a larger rod than others, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed, with many of the warp sticks extending up to 1/16 of an inch above the rim. The design is a beargrass background with maidenhair hair fern in three design bands, one plain horizontal line, one undulating, and one vertical line band. The lattice twining has some beargrass woven into it and the three strand twining also sometimes has beargrass woven in with it. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is primarily on the exterior and irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket slightly undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2549, described as Resembles a large crude cap. Tag "Lassik", second tag "Tcunus". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, which is within the range of size for being a hat. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are a peeled shoot, and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for ⅓ inch, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed; the warp sticks extend slightly beyond the last weft row. The design has a background of beargrass with four horizontal bands of mixed maidenhair fern and conifer root. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. Several hairs are woven into the basket; many are visible on the exterior of the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-2535, described as Close-woven. 2 Tags, one with "33-A, Lassik", and second tag "Lassik" Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden/gathering basket, not used. Crossed warp starting knot. Warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root with a beargrass overlay which is irreglar on the interior.Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 2 1/2 inches, followed by 1/4 inch of plain twining followed by 1 weft row of 3 strand twining, followed by 11 3/4 inch of plain twining, then 1 weft row of 3 strand twining, and one large reiforcement rod at the rim. Two shaping/reinforcement rods on the interior. Three diagonal zigzag designs that radiate upwards, above these are 2 horizontal bands of beargrass, a horizontal row of triangles, topped by an alternating checkered pattern of beargrass. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is primarily on the exterior and some irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket does not undulate. Atypical rim for the Lassik

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-2533, described as Small, close-woven. 3 Tags "Lassik" Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden/gathering basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) overlay, a leather strap and leather lashing at the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 2 1/4 inches, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks extending up to 1/8 of an inch, the rim has a reinforcing rod in the interior lashed on with leather with a rod affixed at the top/interior of the rim with leather lashing, which is threaded through the wefts of the basket. Ten horizontal design bands including plain, zigzag, and triangles. At the rim there is a design of 2 bands of horizontal triangles bordered above and below by a plain beargrass band.The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is primarily on the exterior and some irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-2540, described as Pan Basket. Tags: Lassik, Tugak and second and 3rd tag say Lassik Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, used, probably with acorn processing or acorn flour. Has distinctive Lassik cross warp start. Materials are conifer root weft with bear grass overlay with peeled shoot warps. From the start there is 1 1/2 inches of 3 strand twining, followed by plain twining until 1/4 inch from the rim where we get a single row of 3 strand twining and then 2 weft rows of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with numerous warp sticks extending up to about 1/4 inch from the rim. The slant of weft twist is up and to the right with a rightward work direction. The surface is slightly undulating. The design has about 12 parrallel bands, is single sided with irregular bear grass appearing on the interior. Basket has an exterior workface. The basket is quite distinctive from Northwestern California twining. Pan basket, close woven.

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-2536, described as Tags: Kaitel, Lassik; Second tag Lassik Per Ralph Shanks: Open work basket, used, with some residue present near the start and between warps. Cross warp start, each crossing is 2 bundles of 3 warps that are bundled together by 3-4 weft stitches on each side. Entire basket is plain twining. From the start there are 3 or 4 stitches over 3 warps at each end of the start, followed by 2 rows of plain stitching over mostly 2 warps, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim has 3 closely spaced weft rows of plain twining with trimmed edges. Warp sticks extend past the rim in a few places aprroximately 1/16 of an inch. Rightward work direction with an exterior work face. Parallel warp. Materials are peeled shoots. Basket is lacking any decorative design. Very little undulation. Openwork pan basket.

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2539, described as Pan basket, close woven. Tag: "Lassik", second tag "Tugak Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket flaring bowl, with the shape that is used for winnowing and processing acorn, it appears to be used. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are a peeled shoot, possibly hazel, and the wefts are conifer root with a beargrass overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 2 inches, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is eleven horizontal bands of beargrass, four of which are triangles, the rest are plain lines. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket undulates.

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2551, described as Bowl. Tag: "Tcunus Lassik". Second tag: "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, not used. Crossed warp starting knot. Peeled shoot warps and conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts with an overlay of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). 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, followed by plain twining for 4 inches, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of diagonal twining over two warps. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks extending up slightly. The overlay design is a horizontal band with a beargrass background and two horizontal rows of polygon designs in maidenhair fern. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on the exterior and interior faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. There are several hairs woven into the base of the basket.

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2538, described as Bowl. Tag: "Lassik", second tag "tcunus". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined "fancy basket" bowl, with no residue. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are probably hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining for two weft rows, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 1/2 inch, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1/2 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch 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, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by three weft rows of lattice twining one of which has a larger rod than others, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed, with many of the warp sticks extending up to 1/16 of an inch above the rim. The design is a beargrass background with maidenhair hair fern in three design bands, one plain horizontal line, one undulating, and one vertical line band. The lattice twining has some beargrass woven into it and the three strand twining also sometimes has beargrass woven in with it. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is primarily on the exterior and irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket slightly undulates.

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-2549, described as Resembles a large crude cap. Tag "Lassik", second tag "Tcunus". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, which is within the range of size for being a hat. Crossed warp starting knot, not Northwestern California style. Warps are a peeled shoot, and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) overlay. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for ⅓ inch, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 2 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft of three strand twining, followed by one weft row of plain twining. The rim is trimmed; the warp sticks extend slightly beyond the last weft row. The design has a background of beargrass with four horizontal bands of mixed maidenhair fern and conifer root. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is on the exterior and irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. Several hairs are woven into the basket; many are visible on the exterior of the basket.

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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-2535, described as Close-woven. 2 Tags, one with "33-A, Lassik", and second tag "Lassik" Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden/gathering basket, not used. Crossed warp starting knot. Warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root with a beargrass overlay which is irreglar on the interior.Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 2 1/2 inches, followed by 1/4 inch of plain twining followed by 1 weft row of 3 strand twining, followed by 11 3/4 inch of plain twining, then 1 weft row of 3 strand twining, and one large reiforcement rod at the rim. Two shaping/reinforcement rods on the interior. Three diagonal zigzag designs that radiate upwards, above these are 2 horizontal bands of beargrass, a horizontal row of triangles, topped by an alternating checkered pattern of beargrass. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is primarily on the exterior and some irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket does not undulate. Atypical rim for the Lassik

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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-2533, described as Small, close-woven. 3 Tags "Lassik" Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden/gathering basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot. Warps are a peeled shoot and the wefts are conifer root (Pinophyta) with a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) overlay, a leather strap and leather lashing at the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 2 1/4 inches, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed, with the warp sticks extending up to 1/8 of an inch, the rim has a reinforcing rod in the interior lashed on with leather with a rod affixed at the top/interior of the rim with leather lashing, which is threaded through the wefts of the basket. Ten horizontal design bands including plain, zigzag, and triangles. At the rim there is a design of 2 bands of horizontal triangles bordered above and below by a plain beargrass band.The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is primarily on the exterior and some irregularly on the interior. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The basket undulates.

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