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Start Over Object class Baskets (containers) Collector Mrs. W. M. Sell
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 2-59205, described as Coiled, unfinished jar shape without the flared neck. Design: black 2 horizontal bands of diamonds, human figures, dogs and crosses. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, split peeled shoot sewing strands, design in split devil's-claw pods.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-59201, described as Coiled, basin shape. Design: single red band flanked by black triangles. 3-rod foundation of whole peeled shoots; sewing strands mainly split peeled shoots; 1-strand herringbone rim binding.
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 2-59204, described as Coiled, bowl shaped. Black designs of V-shaped lines and solid vertical bars. 3-rod foundation of peeled shoots, sewing strands of split peeled shoots, design in split devil's-claw pods.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236809, described as Twined, shouldered bottle shape with 5 horizontal bands of black patterns on natural ground and 3 rows of 3-strand twining on shoulder. Unpitched. Weave: diagonal twining and 3-strand twining, warp peeled willow shoots. Weft: split peeled willow shoot. Design in bracken fern root and split redbud shoots.
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.

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