Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Maker or artist: Old Susie / Materials: Brake fern - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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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.

Hearst Museum object titled Receptacle basket, accession number 1-10237, described as Receptacle basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is possibly Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Pattern is Brake fern (Pteris quilina). Open diagonal twined with "strawberry weave" (one plain strand and one dark strand) achieving decorative banding effect. Decoration: four horizontal bands of black twining.