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Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-1085, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Smoke darkened. One break at bottom. Plain twined. White overlay design. Overlay element floats on back. Overlay dotted stripes inside on bottom. Major design on side a double horizontally zigzag band of triangles.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-2947, described as Plain twined storage basket. Diagonal design of tapering stem with branches. Tag "251". Second tag "Klamath River type (not Klamath)". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined storage basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The wefts are conifer root and possibly willow on the base. The weft overlay is beargrass with another dark material overlay. At the starting knot there is plain twining for five inches over multiple warps, followed by alternating plain and three strand twining for one inch. Plain twining continues until the rim. The main design is diagonal lines with triangles on either side. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11791, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Plain twined with three strand twining in lower area, design of diagonal and vertical stripes in lower area. Triangular geometric design in upper area. Three loops of cotton cloth attached at rim. Darkened overall. Start broken, rim broken in some areas.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-70288, described as Coiled, bowl shape. 1-70287-70290 not typical Mission but apparently made of sumac sewing, grass coil, Juncus design. Tag: Mission is crossed out "Type grass coil juncus black sumac" on back "S. Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden/storage basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. Weft designs are black dyed juncus and orange juncas. The background wefts are sumac. The design is one horizontal row of black outlined diamonds. It has an interior workface with a rightward work direction. The background weft fag ends are bound under and the design weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a herringbone ending, with the very end missing. Based on the techniques and materials, particularly the mixed use of weft fag endings, this basket is from the Cahuilla.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-22440, described as Coiled, white pattern on black bands.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-20854, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge root (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Rim bound with Grape (Vitus californica). Twined weave "cuset" triangular decorative pattern in red. Second original no. 100.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 2-2, described as Storage basket

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-70103, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Grass bundle foundation, sewing strands of sumac shoots and Juncus rushes.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-22427, described as Coiled on a bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: 2 horizontal series of human figures in black, with touches of red. Designs are in redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10152, described as Storage basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Large, coarse, and shallow, of single-rod coiling technique with interlocking stitching. Two black horizontal lines encircling the basket constitute the decoration. Materials include willow.

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