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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2303, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Twined; globular shape. Dusty. Wide design band. White overlay ground, with horizontally striped quadrilaterals stacked in threes. Black maidenhair fern overlay. 2-faced overlay; top row of basket is 3-strand twining, the next two are twill twined, and the fourth is 3-strand. There are also 4 areas of 3-strand twining on the bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2300, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Slaix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). In very good condition. Almost completely plain twining, overlain with black and white; the "foot" design, in 2-faced overlay. Bottom of basket has concentric rings, white and 3-strand twining alternating. 1 row of 3-strand twining at basket rim.

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.