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Start Over Object name Mortar basket Collector Alfred L. Kroeber
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-9181, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). Black dye is aged Tule skin.
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-9516, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Pin bound Hazel hoops.
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-9527, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and peeled Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Strengthening withes of Willow (Salix).
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11662, described as Mortar basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11671, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-9394, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). String handle. With braided pack-strap. Openwork, plain-twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-2309, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red color is Maidenahir (Adiantum pedatum) dyed in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rim bound with Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Shows signs of use but in good condition. 2-faced overlay; white band with repeated red and black vertical zigzags; also thin white horizontal stripes and dotted stripes. Lower third of basket is done in 3-strand twining. A small hoop is latticed- twined to the outside 7.5 cm from the bottom; a hoop is sewn on to form rim at the top, with split redbud shoots.
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-11623, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Pine root (Pinus). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Hazel hoop. Design composed of spots, double zigzags, dotted lines.

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