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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 1-28562, described as Tightly twined basketry tray. White, 2-faced overlay designs. Design composed of dotted stripes, triangles, zigzag patterns. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and one cotton string towards the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining to 1 1/2 inches below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is two horizontal bands of zigzags followed by a horizontal row of triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on both faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9396, described as Openwork basketry tray. Twill-twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9400, described as Close openwork basketry tray. Plain twined. Pattern in black, similar to 9398.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9403, described as Close openwork basket tray, old and weathered. All plain weave.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9395, described as Openwork tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus). Twill-twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-746, described as Tray basket, dirty and worn from use. Coiled. Third row from rim done in red; dotted rows at 4 and 5 cm from top; 8 cm from rim is a row part red, then dotted; 2 more red rows at 12 and 13 cm from edge. One tag: "Wailaki att." Two Tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl, with food debris. Tight spiral start, overstitched. The coil foundation is splints only. The wefts are peeled redbud and the design is unpeeled redbud. The weft fag ends are bound under. The moving ends are trimmed with some concealed. The stitches are non-interlocking. There are some split stitches on the work face and approximately 50% split stitches on the back face. The rim is plain wrapped, with a blunt coil ending. The workface is on the exterior, the work direction is to the right. The slant of weft twist is down to the right. The characteristics of the basket do not rule out either a Yuki or Wailaki maker.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9413, described as Partially openwork basketry tray, used. Plain twined, closeness of twining irregularly spaced.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9411, described as Close openwork basketry tray. Plain twining, rows irregularly spaced.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-9398, described as Openwork tray basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Alder root (Alnus) and Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Black color is mud-dyed. Mostly plain twined. Design very faint, is not overlay, pattern in dyed black.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-2503, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Per Ralph Shanks: Large, shallow circular basket. Beargrass overlay on conifer root weft. At starting knot 3 strand twining, but bulk of basket is plain twined. 2 rows of 3 strand twining inch below rim. On bottom 4 concentric reinforcing rods.

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