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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-19680, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp and weft are possibly Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Rim bound with Redbud.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216890, described as Conical twined seed gathering, with zigzag bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-19675, described as Small.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number TB-52, described as Per Ralph Shanks: Conical burden basket. Willow warps. Basket has leather and cloth straps and the bottom has a canvas cover. There is an oval hole near bottom. There is some unpeeled willow halfway up on side of basket. Weft is probably willow. Reinforcing rod is attached to rim. Rod is lashed to bent over warps. Commercial twine holding canvas down. Burden baskets of the Sierra Miwok have an up-to-the-right slant of weft twist. This basket has a down-to-the-right slant of weft twist. This is typical of Northern Paiute baskets, including the Mono Lake Mono Paiute. This has the Paiute downward weft slant and looks like classic Paiute burden baskets. The rim is not attached in the distinctive Washoe manner.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-53651, described as Closely woven. Crushed.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-16544, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Chain fern (Adiantum pedatum) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rim bound with grape (Vitus californica). Small, twined. Grimy from use. Hoop broken in one spot. 2-faced red and white overlay. All-over stepped design. Below rim, a white band with a geometric motif repeated. Mostly plain twining. 3-strand twining occurs from the bottom up 7 cm; also the two top rows. Hoop stitched to the top. Inside the bottom scaffolding remains the bottom 12 cm. The packstrap is of blue denim and is tied on with buckskin thongs.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-28603, described as Very small. Tightly twined tule burden basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12073, described as Old burden basket; worn and dirty from use; portions of back heavily coated with grime (from tar weed?); several small holes. Bottom appears to have been begun with leather weft, which came partly apart. A stiff leather patch was sewn over the hole but most of the warps it was sewn to have broken off. A hoop is sewn to the rim but is coming undone in 2 places. Basket is mostly plain twined. There are all-over white overlay (2-faced?) designs, (4?) parallel zigzagging bands (now obscured by dirt). Two tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined burden basket, used. Starting knot present but is present but is obscured by a leather patch. The basket has peeled shoot warps with conifer root wefts and beargrass design overlay. A rod is lashed on with a red peeled shoot on the interior of the rim. The base of the basket is covered with leather. There are leather wefts in the starting knot. From the bottom of the basket above the leather there is three strand twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by plain twining to the uppermost two weft rows, where there are two weft rows of three strand twining. The basket has zigzag designs as well as a horizontal triangle band along at the top of the basket. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single sided, with the primary design on the exterior. The basket slightly undulates; one side is flattened, probably from carrying.

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