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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10099, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Flaring, 3-rod coiling with interlocking stitches. Decoration: dark brown horizontal zigzag design.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10476, described as Cooking basket; warp and weft are Willow (Salix). White above and light brown below, design of black diagonal. Old and very worn.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-71020, described as Cooking basket, deep bowl shape.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16565, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder (Alnus rubra). Similar (to 1-16564?); smaller; "(small deep, narrow at top)" added in pen. Very grimy from use. Globose shape. Horizontal dotted and solid stripes. White and red overlay, 2-faced, on brown. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twining occurs: approximately 2 cm out from start; 1 row approximately 4 cm from start; top 2 rows, forming a rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-14530, described as Openwork cooking basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Red color is Alder-dyed (Alnus) chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Rim of Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-28152, described as Twined, white zigzag design. Tag "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used, with food residue and abrasions from cooking stones. The materials are willow warps with a conifer root weft and a beargrass overlay. There is some breakage near the rim. There is a crossed warp starting knot. Beginning at the starting knot there is 3 inches of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to an inch and a half from the rim, followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by three weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main overlay design has three horizontal design bands of beargrass, one band of zigzag, followed by one plain band, followed by a band of triangles. The slant of weft twist is up to the right, with a rightward work direction. The basket has an exterior workface. The overlay is predominately on the exterior. The surface slightly undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-2275, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder (Alnus rubra).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-392, described as Plain twined. Dull brown color, with complex band near rim in lighter shade. Dirty and very worn from use. Tags "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined cooking basket, used. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass. At the starting knot there is .75 inch of three strand twining followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues until 2 inches below the rim, where two weft rows of lattice twining are separated by one row of plain twining. Plain twining continues until the rim, which is trimmed. The main design is located above and below the lattice twining. The design is a repeating pattern consisting of a pentagon with a triangle on the point. The overlay is primarily on the exterior, although a separate pattern is evident on the back face. There is an original repair on the base. The basket has an exterior workface. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist, and a rightward work direction. The basket is from Northwestern California, the shape of this basket is common among the Yurok.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-10081, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is possibly Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Pattern is red. 3-rod coiling with intelocking stitches (many are split on interior face).

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-27935, described as Design: deer excorta. Globular shape. In good condition. Twined. Almost completely covered with 2-faced overlay. Thin stripes at rim. Design on white ground: diagonally stacked striped rectangles create stepped vertical zigzags; dotted stripes on bottom. Mostly plain twined. 3-strand twining occurs: 1.5 cm radius from start; 2-2.5 cm from start; 2 rows at 3.5 cm from start; 2 rows at about 7 cm from start.

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