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Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-1987, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Natural color, with one brown band near base.

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11853, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Draw string at rim for lid; dark brown horizontal band decoration.

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-2949, described as Jar-shaped tobacco basket with cover fastened by rawhide. Vertical zigzag bands. Tag: "NW Calif". Second tag "250.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined man's tobacco storage basket. Globular basket A) with constricted mouth and B) lid. The lid is fastened to the basket by leather straps tied over it. The following description is for A): Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design background is in beargrass, with the confer root left with no overlay as the design. Starting at the starting knot, there are 2 inches of plain twining, followed by 1 weft row of three strand twining, plain twining continues to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The lid, B), has the same materials and weaving techniques, with the exception of the twining which is from the starting knot two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 1⅓ inches followed by a single weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The main design on A) is seven pairs of vertical zigzags. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. Both baskets have a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwestern California. There is a hair woven into the basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-1888, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Height: 14 cm, Diameter: 13.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-427, described as Tobacco basket, twined. Two design bands of zigzag, one band of diagonal hatching, broad band of alternating pine root and xerophyllum tenax, similar narrower band near base of basket. Hazel shoot warps exposed 1.1 cm below the mouth. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Unsp.". Cloth tag "124". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined tobacco basket, missing the lid. The warps are crossed at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root with beargrass overlay. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to just below the rim, where there are exposed warps, followed by three weft rows of plain twining, and the last weft row is three strand twining. The design begins at the edge of the base, with alternating beargrass; the next design is two horizontal zigzag lines in conifer root above and below a horizontal row of slashes. At the rim there are vertical lines of beargrass and conifer root alternating. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California. The beargrass design is typical of tobacco baskets from Northwest California.

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-1601, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). With lid; lid held on by 10 leather loops set in body of basket and tied together at top with vegetable fiber string. four repeated geometric designs on body of basket. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-1817, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11863, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Grape root (Vitus californica), weft is Redwood roots (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Rim sewn shut, except at one end. Fiber carrying handle at same end as opening. Width flattened from sewing.

Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-9371, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Natural color with brown band decoration. "Kickup" type bottom.