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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry material, accession number 1-10336, described as Bundle of peeled stems of deer brush.

Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-6254, described as Tüubatulabal cradle board

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-67928, described as Open plain twined. Decoration: horizontal band with white diamond pattern (indicating that the cradle was intended for a girl) in worsted on hood. Hood is attached to cradle board with twine. Made of peeled shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-21015, described as V-shaped stick crossed by wooden rods in ladder fashion. Bed-mat of tule.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10235, described as Cradle; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Cloth lacings. Broad back of cradle; headpiece is missing. There is no decoration. Basket is open plain twined, and cloth lashings are attached. Narrower end is somewhat damaged.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10830, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Redbud (), weft is Sedge (Carex) and Willow (Salix). Soap root (Chlorogalum pomeridianum) stiffening. Hooded cradle, made of small wooden rods and twine. Also note that the whole cradle, particularly the hood, is stiffened and rendered fairly tight by the application of hot soaproot juice.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10730, described as Cradle; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string. On fork of wood. Made of forked stick with cross bars and covered with the tule mat on the front.

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10817, described as Hooded cradle; twined warp is Redbud rods (Cercis occidentalis), weft is Sedge (Carex).

Hearst Museum object titled Cradle, accession number 1-10722, described as Cradle; coiled. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).