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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10123, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitches; wide-mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: 2 double rows of horizontally parallel black bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10051, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small, old, and rough; coiled. Decoration: thin black horizontal band encircling basket. Dark material is brackenfern root. 1-rod coiling with interlocking stitches.
Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-9932, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp is Grass, weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small, known as "dipper basket." Decoration: black triangular design. Designs are executed in bracken fern root. 3-rod coiling, with split stitching (stitiches split on interior face).
Hearst Museum object titled Mush basket, accession number 1-10288, described as Mush basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Coiled on a bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches; wide mouthed with sloping sides. Decoration: brown horizontal and diagonal zigzags.
Hearst Museum object titled Mush basket, accession number 1-10282, described as Feasting/mush basket. Coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Ceremonial basket, very large, with flaring sides. Coiled. Bands of deep red (redbud) diagonal zigzags and outlined diamond shapes. 3-rod coiling with split stitching on interior.
Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10237, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined with "strawberry weave" (one plain strand and one dark strand) achieving decorative banding effect. Decoration: four horizontal bands of black twining.
Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10103, described as Receptacle basket; Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Single-rod coiling with interlocking stitching; with flaring sides and a pedestal. Decoration: horizontal bands in red.
Hearst Museum object titled Scoop, accession number 1-10170, described as Scoop basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small and deep, of a triangular shape. No decoration.
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10330, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Sifting tray, flat, showing signs of considerable wear. Coiled on a bundle foundation with non-interlocking stitches. Decoration: 2 bands of dark (possibly deep red) horizontal zigzags near rim and one similar band near center.

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