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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-58507, described as Twined; 2 encircling bands, each of alternating brown and yellow zigzag design; flat bottom, straight sides, top badly damaged, designs in false embroidery. Basket "was old at that time.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-62006, described as Round, flat bottomed, straight sided. Coiled grass; lined with floral silk cloth; faded blue and straw-colored rectangles on sides of basket. Base damaged and breaking away. Made with a Japanese silk kimono fragment. Grass is wild rye grass leaves (Elymus mollis).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-44824, described as Twined; bucket shaped; red, yellow, and black designs in false embroidery; rim broken away.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-64906, described as Twined, cylindrical, of spruce root, 2 bands of false embroidery consisting of 2 alternating designs: "wave" (rectangular) in dark brown and "head of salmon-berry" (3 stacked triangles) in yellow. Small hole near base with portion missing. Discolored around hole.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-64903, described as Shallow, twined, spruce root, false embroidery of split grass (Elymus mollis) along outer edge and midpoint in "shaman's hat" pattern.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-68364, described as Round with slightly flaring sides, flat bottom, 3 bands of false embroidery in a geometric design, faded colors of brown and yellow on natural ground. One side broken. Spruce root, split grass, twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-66955, described as Incomplete. Twining with crossed warps; blocks of wool embroidery (each is red with one other color e.g. green, brown); badly damaged, bottom missing, flattened. Made of rye grass.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-68088a-c, described as Basket with broken-off knob, coiled rye grass, poor condition, faded designs; (a) basket with angled shoulder and lower half; faded blue and red right angle cross design. (b) Lid, faded blue and red rectangles, knob broken off. (c) Knob from lid.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-59585a,b, described as Coiled globular willow basket with lid. (a) Basket, remnant of handle (?) attachments inside at two places; (b) lid with knob at center.