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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-28168, described as Openwork basket tray.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-28167, described as Openwork basket tray.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-28151, described as Twined basket tray. White overlay ground, 1-faced, floated on back; 3 brown zigzag designs radiate from bottom (point) of basket, shows on outside. Mostly plain twined; 3- strand twining from start about 3.5 cm radius; also one row 2 cm from rim. Very flexible. Two tags: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and strings towards the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining up to 1 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is three vertical bands of zigzags outlined by triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is primarily on the exterior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-28166, described as Twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-28563, described as Twined basketry cap. White and black overlay designs; circular stripes and bands of triangles; single-faced overlay. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by plain twining for 1 1/4 inches, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining for 2 3/4 inches, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The overlay design is in seven horizontal bands with no overlay in-between the bands. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on the exterior face with only a little beargrass on the interior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 1-28562, described as Tightly twined basketry tray. White, 2-faced overlay designs. Design composed of dotted stripes, triangles, zigzag patterns. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and one cotton string towards the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining to 1 1/2 inches below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is two horizontal bands of zigzags followed by a horizontal row of triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on both faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.