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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235253, described as Twined basketry meal shaker. Whirlwind design in center, toothed designs on body. New and unused.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59101a,b, described as (a) Small, oval, imbricated basket with 4 ladder-like designs in black and straw color; encircling bands (orange, blue, green on beige ground) around rim. With (b) tumpline made of twined wool on fiber foundation; attached to (a) by broken plaited line.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235237, described as Twined. Parallelograms in tan with vertical, light colored columns on straw colored ground.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235261, described as Coiled. Design of 3 ascending paired diagonals with projections. Has been used.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235191, described as Small, coiled, basin shape, design of double horizontal zigzag in black (Scirpus nevadensis (?) root and split peeled shoots of Rhus trilobata or a willow). 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, main sewing strands of sedge root.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235236, described as Twined. Unused. Woodwardia fern in rows. 2 encircling bands. Geometric designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235233, described as Oval twined novelty basket with 4 bow - shaped designs in brown on straw - colored ground. In ink on the interior of the basket are two swastika like symbols. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, made for sale. Oval crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is plain twining to the edge of the base, where there are two weft rows of lattice twining. Going up the sides of the basket there are two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining up to below the rim where there is a single weft row of three strand twining followed by 1/8 inch of openwork parallel warps. At the rim there are two weft rows of plain twining and a reinforcing rod wrapped with a peeled shoot. The main design is four sets of butterfly-like figures that are formed by a central rectangle with two triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

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