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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-223999, described as Twined, globular. 4 rows of triangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-223995, described as Basketry. Decorated with dark triangles in groups of 3. Twined. 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 background is beargrass with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch below the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is eight sets of three stacked triangles above and below two horizontal lines. 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-223996, described as Basketry. Black designs. Twined. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably willow or 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 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 elements comprised of two stacked parallelograms with the capital letter i inside of each. 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-223997, described as Basketry. Twined. Geometric designs in 2 bands of light and dark material. Tags "Klamath R. Tribes att.". There is an illegible tag glued on the exterior. The cap may have been coated with a consilodant at some point. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is red-dyed woodwardia with beargrass and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1.25 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is three single steps in beargrass. 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-224007, described as Twined mush basket. Series of stepped rectangular designs. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red- dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is three strand twining that extends for .75 inches, changing to plain twining for 1 inch, and then 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 weft rows of diagonal twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim. The main design is six elements with four tiers of rectangles each with a triangle on top, every other element is reversed. The basket's base has a beargrass overlay design radiating from the start. The rim has four weft rows of conifer root with no overlay. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is on the outside. The rim is trimmed. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-223994, described as Twined. Light colored designs of trapezoids and triangles. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and probably red dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is a 1/2 inch of crossed warp open work. The rim is comprised of a three weft rows of plain twining with one reinforcing rod wrapped with a dark material. The main design is stepped parallelograms, finished with a trapezoid and triangle at the top and bottom. The basket has a rightward work direction, with 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 Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-223993, described as Bowl-shaped. 5 bands of light colored material. Twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-224006, described as Twined mush basket. 6 rows of alternating triangle designs. Tag on interior "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl, probably not used. Double sided overlay. Crossed warp starting knot. Conifer root weft. The design overlay is beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, and maiden hair fern stem. The warp sticks are possibly willow or probably hazel. The designs are in red and white alternating right triangles. On the base the overlay is only on the outside, with one ring of red. At the starting knot there is about an inch of three strand twining, it then switches to plain twining until the edge of the base where there are five rows of three strand twining, turning again to plain twining up until the rim where there are at least two rows of three strand twining. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist with an exterior workface. This basket could possibly be a Whilkut basket but is at least from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-224008, described as Twined, globular. Series of stepped oblique triangles. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft design overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern stem, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is an inch of three strand twining. After that is plain twining for 1.5 inch. After that one weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until the rim. The design on the base is a band of beargrass. 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. The basket is from Northwest California, possibly Yurok.

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-224009, described as Basketry hat, twined. Tag "Very fine old Indian basket N W $25_00". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there are two weft rows of plain twining, followed by three strand twining for 1/4 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 beargrass diagonals outlined in 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 Northwest California. There are some gray, possibly animal, hairs on the interior.