Object name: Burden basket / Culture or time period: Maidu / Function: 1.2 Gathering - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-242538, described as Conical, openwork, plain twined and twill twined. Not quite finished, lacks trimming of ends and addition of rim stick. No design. Warp ends plaited over one another to form 6 cm. wide selvage.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-211508, described as Conical burden basket. Alternating light and dark design bands. Base is missing, rim has broken away from body of basket in several places, warps broken in several places. Twining, wefts turn down to the right. Warps are made of willow, weft elements are of Xerophyllum tenax and pine root (probably gray pine).