Object class: Mortar baskets (baskets by function) / Culture or time period: Wintu / Taxon: Cercis occidentalis - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-2309, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red color is Maidenahir (Adiantum pedatum) dyed in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rim bound with Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Shows signs of use but in good condition. 2-faced overlay; white band with repeated red and black vertical zigzags; also thin white horizontal stripes and dotted stripes. Lower third of basket is done in 3-strand twining. A small hoop is latticed- twined to the outside 7.5 cm from the bottom; a hoop is sewn on to form rim at the top, with split redbud shoots.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-16550, described as Mortar basket. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Similar (to 1-16549?); "mortar basket" added to card in pen. Braided work at edge. Grimy and worn from use. 2-faced overlay, red (redbud) and white. Zigzag designs in horizontal band; stripes above. 3-strand twining below band; the rest is plain twined. 2 hoops are lattice-twined to the outside at 6.5 - 7 cm above the bottom. The warp ends have been twined together to form rim.