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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-19680, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp and weft are possibly Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Rim bound with Redbud.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-233743, described as Burden basket. Twined novelty. Warp of willow shoots; wefts of redbud (light) and bracken fern root (dark). Simple band design. Willow stick handle attached at side.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216890, described as Conical twined seed gathering, with zigzag bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-19675, described as Small.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number TB-52, described as Per Ralph Shanks: Conical burden basket. Willow warps. Basket has leather and cloth straps and the bottom has a canvas cover. There is an oval hole near bottom. There is some unpeeled willow halfway up on side of basket. Weft is probably willow. Reinforcing rod is attached to rim. Rod is lashed to bent over warps. Commercial twine holding canvas down. Burden baskets of the Sierra Miwok have an up-to-the-right slant of weft twist. This basket has a down-to-the-right slant of weft twist. This is typical of Northern Paiute baskets, including the Mono Lake Mono Paiute. This has the Paiute downward weft slant and looks like classic Paiute burden baskets. The rim is not attached in the distinctive Washoe manner.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-53651, described as Closely woven. Crushed.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 2-13204, described as Open twine weave, 2 bands of dark brown.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-16544, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Chain fern (Adiantum pedatum) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rim bound with grape (Vitus californica). Small, twined. Grimy from use. Hoop broken in one spot. 2-faced red and white overlay. All-over stepped design. Below rim, a white band with a geometric motif repeated. Mostly plain twining. 3-strand twining occurs from the bottom up 7 cm; also the two top rows. Hoop stitched to the top. Inside the bottom scaffolding remains the bottom 12 cm. The packstrap is of blue denim and is tied on with buckskin thongs.

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