Object name: Carrying basket / Collection place: Calaveras County, California / Taxon: Chlorogalum pomeridianum - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10009, described as Carrying basket; open diagonal twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Rim is Willow and Soaproot juice (Chlorogalum pomeridianum). With leather-covered point, a reinforcing hoop at rim, and an application of soaproot juices on the surface serving to render the basket seed-tight. No decoration. Made of peeled shoots.