Object class: Baskets by technique / Collector: Sarah A. Lyman / Taxon: Xerophyllum tenax - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-230645, described as Plain twined. Squat globular shape. Designs of stacked rhomboids with sawtooth edges in black and red-brown on ground of beargrass overlay. Willow (?) shoot warp, pine root weft, overlay of Xerophyllum tenax, adiantum pedatum (black), and Woodwardia fern midrib fibers stained red with alder bark, also redbud bark at top and bottom of design. Note row of 3-strand parallel twining on base, a rare weave.