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Start Over Object name Basket and seeds Culture or time period Panamint
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and seeds, accession number 1-236789a,b, described as (a) Water bottle. Pitched (Pinus monophylla), twined, upper portion weathered away. Remains of two carrying loops of human hair. Ornamented with 4 rows of 3-strand twining above the shoulder. Diagonal twining and 3-strand twining in peeled shoot materials for warp and weft. Patch of woolen trade cloth on base. (b) Seeds found in basket: Dicoria canescens sp. clarkae. The main component of the specimen consists of achenes of Dicoria canescens Gray, desert twinbugs, Asteraceae. Other items found and placed in gelatin capsules: 8 florets of Achnatherum hymenoides (Roem. & Schult.) Barkw., Indian ricegrass, Poaceae 3 seeds of Salvia sp., sage, Lamiaceae 6 caryopses of Swallenia alexandrae (Swallen) Soderstr. & , H. F. Decker, Eureka dune grass, Poaceae (endangered-U.S.; rare-California)

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