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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255568, described as Coiled. Deep, sloped-sided, with circular cross section. Natural color with 2 dark-colored horizontal zigzag bands and a dark-colored horizontal geometric band. Grass bundle foundation. Grass types: Muhlengergia rigens, Cladium mariscus; decoration, Pteridium aquilinum.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-4098, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is grass, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). With incurving top. This is a treasure basket. Decoration: vertical diamond and zigzag patterns outlined in black. Made of maple and Pteridium; 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.