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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-14250, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red pattern is Tule root. Black color is mud-dyed Tule, yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Diminuitive basket. Design black and yellow triangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12750, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Red and yellow parallelograms in diagonal pattern. Indigenous name: maska.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-12734, described as Wokas tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-12819, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule. Indigenous name: pa'hla.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-27053, described as Tule basketry. Brown design interwoven with yellow porcupine quill.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-2305, described as Cap; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string and Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is mud-dyed tule. Yellow pattern is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Modoc type. Twined; dyed black and yellow overlay design. Weft begun with cordage. Flat topped.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-12848, described as Cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split tule and Nettle string (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina).
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-12738, described as Cap (Kma); twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Nettle (Urtica) string) and twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root, brown dye is split Tule in mud, yellow dye is porcupine quill (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Has some human hair twined in several areas of the hat wall.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1594, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Yellow pattern is porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) dyed by soaking with lichen. Flat top. Plain twined. 3 strand twining at start, and two single rows which define design zones. 2 faced overlay.
Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-9174, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Urtica) Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina).

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