Object name: Bowl basket / Collection place: Northern Sierras, Northern California / Materials: Brake root - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-9972, described as Bowl basket; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Sedge (Carex). Black pattern is Brake (Polypodium vulgare) root soaked in water. Coiled with non-interlocking stitches, on grass bundle foundation, with flaring sides. Decoration: two concentric, horizontal black bands of zigzags. Split shoots and brackenfern root.