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Start Over Object name Basketry tray Function 1.5 Household
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 1-28562, described as Tightly twined basketry tray. White, 2-faced overlay designs. Design composed of dotted stripes, triangles, zigzag patterns. Tag: "Nongatl". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket tray. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with a beargrass overlay and one cotton string towards the rim. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 3/4 inch, followed by plain twining to 1 1/2 inches below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The design is two horizontal bands of zigzags followed by a horizontal row of triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on both faces. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 5-4536, described as Basket; coiled; tray; yitende grass; carbon paper and ink colors in step design; 45 x 24 cms.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 5-4687, described as winnowing basket
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 5-2424, described as Basketry tray; coiled; grass bundle foundation; multicolored designs; 16 inches diameter.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry tray, accession number 5-2425, described as Basketry tray; coiled grass bundle foundation; multi-colored designs; 14.25 inches diameter.

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