Object class: Masks (costume) / Culture or time period: Northern California tribes / Taxon: Typha latifolia - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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 Food basket, accession number 1-12601, described as Food basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Cattail (Typha latifolia). Brown dye is Tule root (Schoenoplectus acutus). Binding is of Nettle string (Urtica). Large diamond figure in dark red. "Maska.