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Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-2953, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-27887, described as Globose, overlay twined. Black design. Twined storage basket, of hazel or willow, conifer root, beargrass and maidenhair fern. The basket is almost entirely covered in overlay. The main design is a repeating pattern of stacked triangles in a diamond shape. The basket is from Northwestern California. Height: 9.5 inches, Diameter: 12 inches
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11697, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket for gathering seeds. Bottom gone. Breaks at lower end. Split hoop sewn on with cordage is broken, part missing. Very grimey. Plain twined. White overlay element floats on back. Lower part of basket: horizontal and vertical striped bands. Major design: stacked parallelograms, 2 light zigzag bands run vertically through them. Fortified around bottom by heavy wooden splint sewed on with twine.
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-144923, described as Globular, coiled. Design of 5 vertical bands of horizontal bars in rosebud material. About 3 cm of coil ending lost (plastic bag).Tag: "Yuki". Second tag "Yuki collected in 1871". Per Ralph Shanks: Globular coiled storage/gift basket. Some non-food residue is in the bottom interior. The basket has a twined start, with unpeeled redbud. The coil foundation is made up of peeled shoot rods and some splints. The wefts are peeled and unpeeled redbud. The design is alternating peeled and unpeeled redbud in five vertical bands. There are random rectangles. There are three dots of red paint on the rim. The rim is plain wrapped with peeled redbud. The rim coil ending is missing. The weft fag ends are clipped or bound under. The moving ends are concealed. The wefts are sometimes interlocking and sometimes non-interlocking, 50% of the wefts are split on the interior and about 30% are split on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The work direction is to the right with a down to the right slant of weft twist. There is a hair woven in to the base of the basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-164463, described as Large, twined basket. Tag "Northwest Calif. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined storage basket. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is red-dyed woodwardia and beargrass. Green/brown string is at the rim in several areas, possibly as a repair. At the starting knot there is three strand twining. After that plain twining continues 3 inches where there are three weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues after that up to the rim where there is a .25 inch of open warps. The rim has multiple rods reinforcing it wrapped in wild grape. The interior has three bands of reinforcing rods. The design includes several bands of triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is single sided on the exterior with some design coming through to the interior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11696, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and peeled Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-12703, described as Storage basket; twined. Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), "tuluks".
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-3017, described as Acorn storage basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Sedge (Carex). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Triangle and rhomboid design in red.
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-19777, described as Acorn storage basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Clamshell beads attached, brown design in bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-12007, described as Large hemispherical basket used for parching. Tag: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Broad shallow coiled bowl, in the shape of parching basket. There is food debris present. The basket has a twined start. The coil foundation includes peeled shoot rods and splints. The weft designs are in unpeeled redbud and the design background is in peeled redbud. The design includes one plain horizontal band at the base followed by two horizontal bands of diamond/ spinning top shaped designs that connect between the bands. There are random rectangles visible on the exterior. The rim is plain wrapped. The design continues to the rim. The rim coil ending has three stitches missing. The weft fag ends are concealed or clipped; the weft moving ends are concealed and some are bound under. About 50% of the wefts are split on the interior, less than 10% are split on the exterior. The wefts are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface. It has a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist.

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