Collection place: Wawona (CDP), Mariposa County, California / Function: 1.4 Transportation - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10248, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Open diagonal twined, with reinforcing hoop at rim and leather reinforcement sewn on at point (now worn through). No decoration.

Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-10239, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined. Entirely covered on exterior face with soaproot juice (Chlorogalum pomeridianum), rendering basket seed-tight. Reinforcing hoop at rim. Two horizontal bands of black stitches as decoration. Made of peeled and split shoots.