Object class: Coiled weaving / Collection place: Amador County, California / Materials: Brake fern - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9934, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9920, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Decoration: crossing black diagonal bands. 3-rod coiling, with interlocking stitches.

Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-9932, described as Dipper basket; coiled. Warp is Grass, weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Small, known as "dipper basket." Decoration: black triangular design. Designs are executed in bracken fern root. 3-rod coiling, with split stitching (stitiches split on interior face).

Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 1-9936, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flat and circular in form. Decoration: 3 small black geometric figures. Foundation material is a grass. Coiled on a bundle foundation with interlocking stitches and herringbone border stitch at rim.