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Start Over Object class Containers for personal gear Function 1.2 Gathering
Hearst Museum object titled Backpack basket, seio-kago, accession number 9-23050, described as Backpack basket, or "seio-kago," woven from cypress bark ("hinoki"), originally collected in 1929 for the Attic Museum. The dealer Sunagawa-san said that it was from another dealer in Hotaka in northern Nagano Prefecture. It is knitted in the simplest "ichimatsu" design. Two "loops" made of a weft spanning 3 warps are in the third row of wefts from the rim.
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 1-12392, described as Openwork willow basket without strap.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-235160, described as Burden basket, twined. 6 major design bands (geometric). Poor condition, base lost.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12401, described as Soft, closely woven, conical burden basket. (nai).
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12402, described as Burden or gathering basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Soft, closely woven, conical. (nai). Crushed.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12727, described as Wokas gathering basket; twined. Tule.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-255570, described as Gathering basket, conical; twined peeled willow shoots; burlap at base; thick cotton cordage tumpline.
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-211508, described as Conical burden basket. Alternating light and dark design bands. Base is missing, rim has broken away from body of basket in several places, warps broken in several places. Twining, wefts turn down to the right. Warps are made of willow, weft elements are of Xerophyllum tenax and pine root (probably gray pine).
Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-242538, described as Conical, openwork, plain twined and twill twined. Not quite finished, lacks trimming of ends and addition of rim stick. No design. Warp ends plaited over one another to form 6 cm. wide selvage.

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