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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-20986, described as Large flaring coiled basketry bowl with ascending zigzag or step design in 3 encircling bands. Metal tag "138". Paper hang tag “Kitanemuk". "No. 138. Property of Mrs. George H. Taylor Fresno Calif". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled cooking or storage basket. The foundation is grass bundle. The tan wefts are willow and the red is Joshua tree root. The design is three horizontal bands of vertical zigzags. The basket has a pinhole start. Interior workface with a rightward work direction. The weft fag ends are clipped. The rim is plain wrapped, in poor condition, with a tapered coil ending. The basket is Kawaiisu, Tubatulabal, or Kitanemuk.

Hearst Museum object titled Corn, accession number 1-63974, described as Colorado River corn.

Hearst Museum object titled Plant, accession number 1-64614, described as Dalea emoryi, Indigo bush. Plant for dyeing yellow.

Hearst Museum object titled Plant, accession number 1-64615, described as Suaeda torreyana, var. ramosissima. Plant for dyeing black.