Collection place: Central California / Collector: Mrs. W. M. Sell / Culture or time period: American cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236849, described as Openwork diagonally twined, scoop shaped, no design, all materials peeled.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236832, described as Coiled, string basket, squat globular shape; design: 4 colors of dyed yarn in serrated diamond pattern. Some insect damage to wool yarns both inside and out. Foundation of shiny wheat or oat straw, sewing strands of white cotton string, design of dyed wool yarns. Note some insect damage to wool yarns both inside and out.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236836, described as Coiled. Oval shape with black and red patterns. 4 vertical bands with floating zigzag pattern between them. Overstitched rim. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge, bracken fern and redbud shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236842, described as Coiled. Flat bottomed conical shape. Design: horizontal rows of checked pattern in black. Remains of red wool yarn decoration near rim. Diagonal overstitching on rim. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236841, described as Coiled. Low sub-globular shape. Design: black pattern of checks in ascending diagonal rows and 4 quadrangles near rim. Grass bundle foundation with sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236848, described as Diagonally twined, warps of unpeeled redbud, wefts of split peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Hemispherical shape. Design: speckled pattern in open work twined motif produced by peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Hanging cord (shoelace) attached.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236807, described as Coiled, flat bottom, conical shape. Design in black of 2 horizontal rows of diamonds and 2 vertical bands of diamonds. Grass bundle foundation; sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236813, described as Coiled. Oval shape. 4 horizontal bands of opposing triangles in black. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236831, described as Coiled. Large deep basin shape. Design: 3 bands of red and black, upper 2 bands are diamond back rattlesnake pattern. Lower bands are offset bars. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge, bracken fern and redbud shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236838, described as Coiled. Small cup shape. Design: black checked pattern. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sedge and bracken fern roots.