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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-48346, described as Round. Made of twined tule or cattail, dyed porcupine quill. Geometric design including triangles with yellow dyed porcupine quill, outlines.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-97976, described as Tray. Plain twined. Round, geometric and floral design in straw color with red and yellow highlights on dark brown ground, openwork around rim. Made with conifer root, white grass and dyed porcupine quill overlay. Human hair twined into weft near rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-97806, described as Yellow porcupine quills and brown design.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14250, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red pattern is Tule root. Black color is mud-dyed Tule, yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Diminuitive basket. Design black and yellow triangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-97803, described as Yellow porcupine quills and brown design.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12750, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Red and yellow parallelograms in diagonal pattern. Indigenous name: maska.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20850, described as Basketry cap with design in brown and yellow (porcupine quills).
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20849, described as Twined basketry with decorative design in black and yellow (porcupine quills).
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-12734, described as Wokas tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-12819, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule. Indigenous name: pa'hla.

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