Object class: Burden baskets / Collection place: Shasta County, California / Materials: Conifer root - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-16542, described as Openwork basket; twined Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Medium size, openwork. One side is totally collapsed; has been smashed. Partly held together by strips of cloth. Extremely fragile. Plain twined; top three rows tightly woven. Warp ends braided to form rim. A hoop is tied to rim with 2 types of cordage and lashed with buckskin thongs and what appear to be shoelaces.

Hearst Museum object titled Toy burden basket, accession number 1-13451, described as Toy burden basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud bark (Cercis occidentalis). Basal hoops of Willow (Salix). Oblong, not of genuine Indian form. Design 1 "flying geese.