Collection place: Amador County, California / Culture or time period: Eastern Miwok - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Pine nuts, accession number 1-9904, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical. Sugar pinenuts, one bottle.

Hearst Museum object titled Pine nuts, accession number 1-9903, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical. Gray (?) pine nuts, 4 bottles.

Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9901, described as Receptacle basket; Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Coiled sifter. Flat in form, undecorated. Single-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-9910, described as Receptacle basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Old and flat without decoration, executed in one-stick coiling technique with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-9923, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; root (nettle?)

Hearst Museum object titled Root, accession number 1-9921, described as Medicine roots. Hot decoction drunk as cathartic

Hearst Museum object titled Roots, accession number 1-9922, described as Specimen, ethnobotanical; root, medicinal.

Hearst Museum object titled Scoop, accession number 1-9900, described as Scoop; twined. Warp is Maple (Acer macrophyllum), weft is Maple and possibly Willow (Salix).

Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 1-9936, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.

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