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Start Over Collector unknown Culture or time period North American cultures Loans S1938-1939 #1: Golden Gate International Exposition (February 14, 1939–October 11, 1940)

Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-6271, described as Carved ivory figure of sea monster. Saw tooth design on base. Tail serves as awl.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-53617, described as Coiled basket. Brown design. 32 stitches to the inch.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-22560, described as Small twined basket. Vertical zigzag design in pale brown sedge, redbud stripes and triangles, and white bear grass zigzags. Hupa type.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-53639, described as Coiled, reddish tan design. Ornamented with wampum.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and cover, accession number 2-15972a,b, described as Twined; damaged; multicolored yard decoration. (a) Basket. (b) Cover with knob.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and cover, accession number 2-10778a,b, described as (a) Basket. Round; twined. Multicolored geometric decoration. (b) Cover with knob.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-53609, described as Coiled, flaring, small swastika design. Tag "Mission". Written on the bottom "233-L [or 4?]-27 Mission". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled flaring basket bowl. Deergrass bundle foundation. The background wefts are tan juncus and sumac. The design wefts are orange and black dyed juncus. The design is a coiled snake on whose body are designs including two swastikas in black and one in orange as well as three other geometric designs. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped. The rim is plain wrapped with a blunt coil ending with one backstitch. The basket is Cahuilla based on the clipped weft fag ends, the materials, and the design. There are two hairs woven in at the exterior of the rim.