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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-3084, described as Coiled basket; undecorated; used for storing grain.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-223929, described as Twined. Diamond designs around body; oblique lines on bottom.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-223928, described as Twined. Openwork. 4 bands of triangle designs. Tag "Klamath R. tribes att.". Second tag "Klamath River T.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined openwork slightly tapered basket, non-traditional shape. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The base weft is probably hazel, followed by conifer root wefts. The overlay material is maidenhair fern, beargrass, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is plain twining over multiple warps up to a .25 inch from the edge of the base where the conifer root starts as the weft. At the edge of the base is one row of lattice twining. Going up the side of the basket plain twining alternates with two rows of crossed warp openwork with one row of plain twining between the crossed warps. The rim has two weft rows wrapped with beargrass, reinforced with a rod, it is partially damaged. The main design is horizontal rows of triangles. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The overlay is primarily single sided, with the design on the exterior. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 2-37904a,b, described as a) Basket; diagonal twined; cedar bark; dyed purple band. b) Lid.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry hat, accession number 5-3097, described as Basketry fiber hat; Malfa; red leather trim; done-shaped; scalloped brim; 15 inches diameter; 6.25 inches high.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry hat, accession number 5-3095, described as Basketry hat; Malfa; fiber, wide brim; cone shaped top; multi-colored decoration, black, red green; red leather chin strap.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry hat, accession number 5-3096, described as Basketry hat; Malfa; fiber, wide brim; cone shaped top; multi-colored decoration, black, red, green; red leather chin strap.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry hat, accession number 5-3094, described as Basketry hat; Malfa; fiber, large dome shape; red leather trim with same chin strap.
Hearst Museum object titled Beer strainer, accession number 5-3082, described as Beer strainer; basketry woven-split strips from top of guinea corn
Hearst Museum object titled Beer strainer, accession number 5-3083, described as Beer strainer; basketry woven-split strips from top of guinea corn; 14 inches long, 8-1/2 inches diameter, 35.5 cm long x 21.5 cm diameter

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