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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12053, described as Very old hemispherical parching basket with mended bottom. Two tags: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, used for parching, but of similar shape as a Yuki cooking basket. The basket has burns on the interior as well as food debris. The basket has a twined start, which has been repaired. The basket has a rod and splint foundation. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is four-five horizontal stepped bands. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing. The weft fag ends are both tucked and clipped. The moving ends are difficult to see, some are concealed. Most of the stitches are not split on the back face and are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12100, described as Very old twined cooking basket; caked with grime from use; thick weft. 3-strand twining 2.5 cm radius from start, 1 or 2 rows occur frequently. Peeled shoots sewn onto rim to form hoop. Per catalog card "cnecs". Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp start. Peeled shoot warps, with conifer root wefts. There is plain twining for 1 inch at the start followed by a row or two of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim, where there are three weft rows of three strand twining. The rim is wrapped, with three rods attached with a light material, possibly willow. The basket undulates. The basket has a rightward work direction with an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12656, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Cattail leaves (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10106, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Brack root [sic?].

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10483, described as Very old, much worn, straight-walled cooking basket. Diagonal twined weave.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12657, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Cattail (Typha latifolia), Brown and red patterns are Tule root. Yellow dye is split Tule.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12752, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with large horizontal zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12095, described as Cylindrical plain twined cooking basket. Looks quite used, very grimy; 2 gaps in rim. 2- faced white overlay; a one step up, one step down design of 7 equidistant stripes. 3-strand twining 2.5 cm radius from start, 1 row 8 cm from start. "Cnecs" per catalog card. Tag: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp start, with the warp sticks in a non-Northwest California style. Peeled shoot warps, with conifer root wefts and a beargrass overlay. There is three strand twining for 1.5 inches at the start followed by plain twining for 2 1/4 inches, followed by a single weft row three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed, flush, with no warp sticks extending beyond the rim. The basket undulates. The design is a one step up, one step down design of 7 equidistant stripes, with a final horizontal row of checkered overlay. The overlay is two sided, with the exterior workface as the primary side. The basket has a rightward work direction with an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10124, described as Basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Large and deep. Decoration: triangular "arrowhead" and thin horizontal banding designs, in black and brown.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12696, described as Cooking bowl; twined.

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