Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Culture or time period: Panamint / Accession year: [Missing] - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-235270, described as Twined, conical; 5 bands of black design, cloth carrying loops and canvas patch on apex. New rim and mending done by donor. Materials: peeled shoot warp, split peeled shoot weft, split devil's-claw pod (Proboscidea parviflora) black design material. Diagonal twining and 3-strand twining. Original rim was of the kind with warp ends turned leftward into a bundle which was then wrapped and served as a foundation onto which the rim stick was attached by coiling.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255345, described as Coiled, 7 columnar repeats of cactus-like design with stylized anthropomorphic figure with down-bent arms and legs above. Design in red and black-dyed material on natural ground. Flat bottom, slightly flaring sides. Materials: split willow shoots, Scirpus root colored by being buried in mud.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-255344, described as Coiled, stepped designs from below rim to bottom in brown material on natural ground; rim ticks; flat bottom, slightly conical shape. Materials: split willow shoots, Scirpus root colored by being buried in mud. Traditional shape and design.

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)