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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-64605, described as Openwork twined basket of Juncus.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10214, described as Basket; coiled. Warp is grass, weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Red pattern is Redbud. Apparently two baskets, elliptical and recurved, joined by a flat basketry foundation. Both the foundation and the baskets are coiled. Decoration: smaller basket has open red diamond figures in a design termed "rare" by Samuel A. Barrett; larger basket has red variant on zigzag pattern. Designs are in redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket bowl, accession number 1-16588, described as Basket bowl; twined. Willow (Salix sp.) warp (?). Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Background overlay is white bear grass. Black dye is Maidenhair (Adiantum), red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-64611, described as Rush, Juncus textilus (?).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-64610, described as Grass, Muhlenbergia rigens (Epicampes rigens).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-3934, described as Basket material, grass warp. Sporobulus.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry material, accession number 1-102169, described as Grass stalks, prepared. Native name: "pa'rup".

Hearst Museum object titled Basket start, accession number 1-64613, described as Coiled. Made of Juncus and Muhlenbergia.

Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4311, described as 7 ivory balls on rawhide, pierced at one end to hold finely twisted grass fiber cord. The ends of the cord are attached to a group of white feathers. The strings are coiled together. Used for duck hunting. Native name: yaqulecuun.