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Start Over Object class Basketry (object genre) Taxon Equisetum
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number TB-14, described as Per Ralph Shanks: Winnowing type basket. Beargrass overlay. Black looks to be equisetum root which occurred among Whilkut and Wiyot alike. Confer root weft. Black shows through on backside of basket, which is more common in Whilkut area. Design at top does not look Wiyot. Has weaver's hair towards rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-64304, described as Small, open twined. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork basket bowl. Crossed warp start. The warps are probably willow. The tan wefts are conifer root; the dark wefts are equisetum, and the red wefts red-dyed woodwardia. The basket has open plain twining at the base turning into close twining, which then turns back to open work on the sides, with crossed warps below the rim. The rim is wrapped with beargrass and another tan material. The warps are tucked interiorly. The basket has up to the right slant of weft twist. There is a raffia like string tied to the rim. There is a hair at the rim. Based on the use of equisetum this is most likely a Wiyot basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-67893, described as Twined with openwork, bowl shape. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket with three rows of openwork on the side and two bands of close twining, also on the side. Basket is primarily done in plain twining. The base has a single row of lattice twining enclosing a rod. Above the rod is one row of three strand twining. On the interior of the basket there is a raised dome of three strand twining. Warps are hazel and the wefts are conifer root with overlay of beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia fern, and possibly equisetum root for black. Across each of the three rows of openwork there is a single row of undecorated plain twining ascending diagonally across the openwork to continue the weaving process. These are aligned on the same side of the basket. Whilkut attribution is based on the use of double sided overlay bands combined with bands of single sided overlay. Also, on this basket the single side overlay outlines the double sided overlay bands which is typical of Whilkut weaving. The basket is done in up to the right slant of weft twist typical of Northwest California. Whilkut are known to have used equisetum root for black on some baskets.

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