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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-22596, described as Small, single rod, coiled. Saw-toothed design, shaped like sea urchin. Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled low basket bowl. Single rod foundation, probably willow. Background wefts are natural sedge root and the designs are black dyed bulrush root. The designs starting at the base are four rectangles, and then one band of three clusters of triangles followed by a second band of the same design, finishing with rim ticks. The basket has an exterior workface with a leftward work direction and the weft fag ends are concealed. It has a plain wrapped rim and the coil has a tapered ending. Based on the materials and technical features the basket is attributed to Pomo.