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Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 2-68164, described as Basketry. Round, circular design in purple and red on natural color ground. Cedar root, white grass; spiral lattice bound.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 1-235249, described as Twined. Central star like design surrounded by triangles. Made with black-dyed Woodwardia fern. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. att.". A swastika is on the back of the plaque, in ink. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, black-dyed woodwardia, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining until .25 inch below the rim where there is open work, with crossed warps. That is followed by 2 weft rows of plain twining. The warp sticks are trimmed and a rod was added to support the rim. The rim and the last two weft rows of twining are wrapped in beargrass. The main design is a flower/star design with three bands of triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily one-sided. The basket is possibly Wiyot, based on the use of black-dyed woodwardia.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 2-68163, described as Basketry. Round, natural color ground with red border. Cedar root, white grass; spiral lattice bound.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 1-235247, described as Twined. 3 areas of designs based on rectangles. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Swastika in ink on back of plaque. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by five weft rows of plain twining over two warps, followed by plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there is openwork. The rim is formed by at least one weft row of plain twining with one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is wrapped in beargrass and maidenhair fern. The design includes three clusters of triangular elements. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there is one band of design on the back face, in red dyed woodwardia and beargrass. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Whilkut based the band on the back face.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 2-68161, described as Basketry. Round, circular bird design in bright red and blue and dull red and green on natural color ground. Raffia, cedar root, white grass; twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 2-68165, described as Basketry. Round, circular design in dark blue on natural color ground. Cedar root, raffia, twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 1-235248, described as Twined. Design band comprises dark circles with triangles facing in opposite directions. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". There is a swastika in ink on the backface. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia. From the starting knot there is .25 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining. That is followed by a .5 inch of openwork done in crossed warps with one weft row of plain twining in the center. The rim is formed by two weft rows of plain twining and at least one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is covered with predominantly beargrass as well as maidenhair fern, and probably red dyed woodwardia in three clusters. The design is comprised of a horizontal band of triangles in red and black. The plaque has an up to the right slant of weft twist and rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there is one band of design on the backface. The basket is possibly Whilkut, based the band on the backface.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 2-68162, described as Basketry. Round, natural color ground with purple border. Cedar root, white grass; spiral lattice bound.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 1-235250, described as Twined. 3 areas of designs based on rectangles. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att." There is a swastika mark in pen on the back of the basket. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair, and red-dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining, for .25 inch over two warps, and then normal plain twining until .25 inch below the rim where there is open work. The rim is formed by two more weft rows of twining with a rod that was added to support the rim. The rim and the last two weft rows of twining are wrapped in beargrass and maidenhair fern. The main design is three clusters of triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily one-sided but a band of design is on the backface. The basket is possibly Whilkut, based the band on the backface. Original description of rectangles does not match the design.
Hearst Museum object titled Coaster, accession number 1-235246, described as Twined. Star - like design. Tag "Kl. R. Tr. Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket plaque. The basket has a crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or possibly hazel. The background weft is conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red dyed woodwardia. At the starting knot there is .5 inch of three strand twining, followed by plain twining, until .25 inch below the rim where there is openwork. The rim is formed by at least one weft row of plain twining with one rod that was added to support the rim. The rim is wrapped in beargrass and maidenhair fern. The design includes a band of maidenhair fern surrounded by two bands of alternating triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. The overlay is primarily one-sided but there is one band of design on the backface. The basket is possibly Whilkut, based the band on the backface.

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