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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-164445, described as Unfinished twined basket; open bands; cylindrical shape. Two tags: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket, with untrimmed weft stitch ends, made for sale. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The basket has conifer root wefts. The overlay weft material is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is one weft row of plain twining, followed by a 0.5 inch of three strand twining, followed by ⅓ inch of plain twining, followed by ⅓ inch of diagonal twining, followed by three weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 0.5 inch of plain twining. Going up the sides of the basket there is openwork with parallel warps alternating with plain twining. A half an inch below the rim there is a single weft row of plain twining followed by a 1/8th of an inch of openwork crossed warps. This is followed by 1/4 inch of plain twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is paired trapezoids. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is single sided, with the design on the exterior. On the base of the basket the workface is on the interior. On the rest of the basket the workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-59991, described as Round with concave base. Circular geometric design in black on straw-colored ground. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined, white grass and maidenhair fern half twist overlay. Label "# 28 Scott loan". Second label "N.W. Calif Att." Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket bowl. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is possibly hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. At the starting knot there is 1.5 inch of plain twining followed by a single weft row of three strand twining followed by 3 weft rows of diagonal twining, followed by a single weft row of plain twining, followed by 4 weft rows of diagonal twining. Plain twining continues up to the rim. The main design is two bands of triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The overlay is mainly on the outside, with two bands of beargrass overlay on the inside but no design. The rim is trimmed. The surface of the basket undulates due to the warps. The basket is from Northwest California, possibly Southern Humboldt Athabaskan.