Object class: Bowl baskets / Collector: Lillian McClure / Culture or time period: North American native cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-64304, described as Small, open twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket bowl. Crossed warp start. The warps are probably willow. The tan wefts are conifer root; the dark wefts are equisetum, and the red wefts red-dyed woodwardia. The basket has open plain twining at the base turning into close twining, which then turns back to open work on the sides, with crossed warps below the rim. The rim is wrapped with beargrass and another tan material. The warps are tucked interiorly. The basket has up to the right slant of weft twist. There is a raffia like string tied to the rim. There is a hair at the rim. Based on the use of equisetum this is most likely a Wiyot basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-64294, described as Coiled, small. Oval bowl shaped. No designs. Top coils missing. 3 rod formation coiled basket with weft of sedge root. Fag ends trimmed on work as occurs on Wappo 1 - 402 and 1 - 356. Moving ends bound under on back face. Trimmed fag ends on work face common on Wappo 3 rod baskets. Rare on those of the Pomo.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-64305, described as Round, flat base, diagonal linear design in dark brown on natural ground. Made with conifer root, Woodwardia fern, white grass. Twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. Crossed warp start and three strand twining at the base, becoming plain twining at the sides. The warp sticks appear to be hazel. The basket has conifer root wefts with an overlay of beargrass and probably fern stem design. The design starts at the base and is diagonal stripes, with a circle one row below the rim. There are also alternating rectangles at the base. The basket has an exterior workface with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has the warp sticks trimmed at rim. Based on the materials and technical features the basket is attributed to Northeastern California: Achumawi, Atsugewi, or Wintu.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-64297, described as Coiled, small, brown design. Per Ralph Shanks: Globular coiled basket bowl. Single rod foundation. Background wefts are sedge root and the design wefts are redbud. The design at the base is a flower/star pattern. At the rim there is a horizontal band of downward pointing triangles. The weft fag ends are clipped. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction. It has a plain wrapped rim with a tapered coil ending. Based on the technical features, such as the clipped fag ends, makes this basket likely to be Sierra Miwok.