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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-14223, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). Five rows of triple ply at top.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71080, described as Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Probably a cooking pot. Three strand twining at the base, plain twined on sides, and one row of three strand twining at the rim. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are probably maidenhair fern. Some rim and base damage. Staining on outside and inside. Diagonal designs and one narrow stripe below the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71055, described as Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Cooking basket, heavily used with some repairs. Materials are shoot warps possibly hazel, conifer root weft, background overlay of beargrass, overlay design is maidenhair fern. Up to the right slant of weft twist. Most of the bottom is three strand twining with some plain twining, sides are all plain twined. Design is two horizontal bands of open diamonds, top band with a dot in the center. Attribution is Achumawi, Atsugewi, or Yana.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-14229, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown dye is split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Broad zigzag design in black and yellow.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71067, described as Twined, bowl shape. Per Ralph Shanks: Atsugewi or other Northeast California tribe. Probably cooking basket, with added weight by cooked in food remains. Basket has straight sides, only slightly flairing. Three strand twining and plain twining at the base, plain twined on sides, and two rows of three strand twining at the rim. Warp sticks are probably hazel. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are probably maidenhair fern. Designs include V shapes on their sides and checkered pattern below the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71078, described as Twined basket bowl, wide mouth, sloping sides. Per Ralph Shanks: Probably made for sale, in the style of storage or cooking basket, never used. Three strand twining at the base, plain twined on sides. Hazel warps. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are probably maidenhair fern as well as some other material. V-on-side shaped stepped designs and one narrow stripe below the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-14290, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is unsplit Tule. Flat-bottomed, deep.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71053, described as Twined, bowl shape with incurving rim. Per Ralph Shanks: Probably a cooking basket, used. Three strand twining at the base, and plain twined on the sides. Warp sticks are hazel. Conifer root weft with beargrass overlay. Black designs are probably maidenhair fern. Some rim and base damage. Staining on outside and inside. Designs include four diamonds surrounded by triangles. At the rim is a narrow stripe, two weft rows wide. Ther is a zigzag design around the base.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-14222, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root. Seven bands of black.