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Hearst Museum object titled Basket bowl, accession number 1-148885, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. Warp material is hazel. Background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern stem. At the starting knot there is an inch of three strand twining. After that is plain twining for .5 inch. After that two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until the rim where there are three rows of three strand twining. The design on the base is a ring of black and tan spiral overlay. That is followed by one ring of maidenhair fern. On the sides there are three sets of a diagonal stacked parallelograms outlined by stepped triangles. At the rim is a ring of alternating beargrass and maidenhair fern. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. There is a hair woven into the basket. The basket is from Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket hat, accession number 1-148886, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. 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 1/2 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is three sets of two stacked parallelograms with two stacked trapezoids and a triangle on their interior. 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, perhaps Yurok based on the area of collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148887, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a maidenhair background with beargrass designs. Black string was used to tie down the last weft row. 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 1/2 inch below the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is six elements comprised of triangle surrounded by six triangles. 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on the extensive use of black maidenhair fern background, or Yurok based on the comments on the catalog card. There is a hair woven into the basket near the start.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148888, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag: "NW Cal". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is three sets of diagonals with a zigzag on the interior and diagonally stacked maidenhair fern triangles on either 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California. The black designs on a beargrass background are consistent with Yurok weaving, but not exclusive to that area.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148889, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. 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 1/2 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is four stepped triangles with alternating orientations. 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Yurok based on the area of collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-16424, described as Cinta; varicolored silk; animal and geometric motifs; tinsel-wrapped maguey loops; silk pompons and tassels; Length 127 inches.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-16528, described as Woven belt; cotton; yellow, mauve, green, purple, & white weft elements in striped pattern; metallic cord loops at both ends; 129 cm. long.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle and sunshade, accession number 1-148884a,b, described as a) Twined openwork basketry cradle; b) Basketry sunshade with black spot at center. Twined. Hazel shoot warp and weft. Decoration of Dentalium and Glycimeris shells, pine nut and glass beads.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Cups, accession number 3-15821a-d.1, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered textile, accession number 3-15823, described as Rectangular piece of embroidered cotton; bird, floral and star-like designs embroidered in yellow, red, grey, turquoise, etc.; red, white, yellow and grey fringe; 122 cm x 76 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket bowl, accession number 1-148885, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. Warp material is hazel. Background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern stem. At the starting knot there is an inch of three strand twining. After that is plain twining for .5 inch. After that two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until the rim where there are three rows of three strand twining. The design on the base is a ring of black and tan spiral overlay. That is followed by one ring of maidenhair fern. On the sides there are three sets of a diagonal stacked parallelograms outlined by stepped triangles. At the rim is a ring of alternating beargrass and maidenhair fern. The basket has an exterior workface with a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is only on the outside. There is a hair woven into the basket. The basket is from Northwest California.

Basket bowl

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket hat, accession number 1-148886, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. 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 1/2 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is three sets of two stacked parallelograms with two stacked trapezoids and a triangle on their interior. 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, perhaps Yurok based on the area of collection.

Basket hat

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148887, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a maidenhair background with beargrass designs. Black string was used to tie down the last weft row. 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 1/2 inch below the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is six elements comprised of triangle surrounded by six triangles. 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Wiyot based on the extensive use of black maidenhair fern background, or Yurok based on the comments on the catalog card. There is a hair woven into the basket near the start.

Basketry cap

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148888, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag: "NW Cal". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is three sets of diagonals with a zigzag on the interior and diagonally stacked maidenhair fern triangles on either 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California. The black designs on a beargrass background are consistent with Yurok weaving, but not exclusive to that area.

Basketry cap

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148889, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. 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 1/2 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is four stepped triangles with alternating orientations. 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Yurok based on the area of collection.

Basketry cap

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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-16424, described as Cinta; varicolored silk; animal and geometric motifs; tinsel-wrapped maguey loops; silk pompons and tassels; Length 127 inches.

Belt

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Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 3-16528, described as Woven belt; cotton; yellow, mauve, green, purple, & white weft elements in striped pattern; metallic cord loops at both ends; 129 cm. long.

Belt

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Hearst Museum object titled Cradle and sunshade, accession number 1-148884a,b, described as a) Twined openwork basketry cradle; b) Basketry sunshade with black spot at center. Twined. Hazel shoot warp and weft. Decoration of Dentalium and Glycimeris shells, pine nut and glass beads.

Cradle and sunshade

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Cups

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Hearst Museum object titled Embroidered textile, accession number 3-15823, described as Rectangular piece of embroidered cotton; bird, floral and star-like designs embroidered in yellow, red, grey, turquoise, etc.; red, white, yellow and grey fringe; 122 cm x 76 cm.

Embroidered textile

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