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Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10219, described as Plate sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis).
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11664, described as Sifting tray basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Grimy from use. Plain twined. White overlay floated on back. 2 rows in 2 places are lattice twined rods (on back).
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-831, described as Sifting tray for acorn meal; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Hazel strengthening fibers.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-9528, described as Sifting tray basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Flat basketry sifter for acorn meal. Used. Plain twined. White overlay, floated on back. Lattice twined shoots reinforce it. Design bordered on each side by repeating triangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10169, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud. Coiled on a bundle foundation, with spaced non-interlocking stitches, circular in shape. Four black cross-shaped designs.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-10065, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Flat and circular. Decoration consists of two horizontal red bands of redbud encircling the sifter.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12043, described as Old hemispherical coiled basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The start is a tight spiral coil start. The basket has a single rod coil foundation with splints. The wefts are of uncertain material (s), white/tan with dark brown designs. The design is four stepped bars with rectangles on the inside. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is slightly tapered, with six back stitches. The weft fag ends are bound under and trimmed. The moving ends are concealed and some are trimmed. Almost all of the stitches are split on the back face. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-11951, described as Small hemispherical sifting basket. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Flaring coiled basket bowl, used, with food residue. The wefts are widely spaced. Tight twined start. The coil foundation is a mix of splints and rods. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The rim is plain wrapped with a slightly tapered coil ending. The designs are horizontal one coil wide bands and random small rectangles. The basket has an exterior workface, a rightward work direction, and the wefts have a down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily concealed, with some clipped. The weft moving ends are primarily tucked under, but in some cases concealed. The weft stitches are sometimes split on the backface.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-12015, described as Small hemispherical coiled basket. Tag "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl, probably used for sifting. The basket has food debris inside it. The start is twined. The basket has a 3 rod coil foundation with a splint as well. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The design is a series of single coil wide horizontal bands with breaks, as well as random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped and the rim coil ending is missing, it was cut off. The weft fag ends are clipped and concealed. The moving ends are concealed. About half of the stitches are split on the back face. The basket has an exterior workface, the work direction is to the right, and the slant of weft twist is primarily down to the right.
Hearst Museum object titled Sifting tray, accession number 1-9517, described as Sifting tray for acorn meal; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Hazel strengthening fibers. Used. Plain twined. White overlay, single faced. Almost completely overlaid - 2 rows of lattice woven rods on back.

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