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Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-2540, described as Pan Basket. Tags: Lassik, Tugak and second and 3rd tag say Lassik Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket, used, probably with acorn processing or acorn flour. Has distinctive Lassik cross warp start. Materials are conifer root weft with bear grass overlay with peeled shoot warps. From the start there is 1 1/2 inches of 3 strand twining, followed by plain twining until 1/4 inch from the rim where we get a single row of 3 strand twining and then 2 weft rows of plain twining. The rim is trimmed with numerous warp sticks extending up to about 1/4 inch from the rim. The slant of weft twist is up and to the right with a rightward work direction. The surface is slightly undulating. The design has about 12 parrallel bands, is single sided with irregular bear grass appearing on the interior. Basket has an exterior workface. The basket is quite distinctive from Northwestern California twining. Pan basket, close woven.
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-1472, described as Acorn basket. Used. Sides plain twined. White overlay, floated on back. Bottom, twill, and 3 strand twining.
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-1475, described as Acorn basket. Used. Plain twined. White overlay, floated on back. 2 lattice twined rows divide design.
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-1828, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Very grimy and worn from use. Plain twined. White overlay. Repeating sideways triangle motif.
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-1590, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is unknown, weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-1829, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Small. Dirty from use. Plain twined. white overlay floated on back. "Hourglass" motif.
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-1481, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red due is chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn basket, accession number 1-1438, described as Acorn basket. Grimy and worn from use. Plain twined. White single faced overlay.
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cooking basket, accession number 1-1789, described as Acorn cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cooking basket, accession number 1-1437, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum).

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