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Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216890, described as Conical twined seed gathering, with zigzag bands.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-216888, described as Conical twined seed-gathering basket. Thunderbird designs.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-70112, described as Coiled, wide mouth, sloping sides. Tag "Mission Type". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled burden basket. Deergrass bundle foundation. The basket has a central design band with a mottled juncus design of tan and orange wefts with bands of black dyed juncus at the top and the bottom. The wefts above and below the design band are sumac. The basket has an interior workface and the work direction is to the right. The weft fag ends are bound under. The rim is plain wrapped with the coil ending tapered with some backstitching. The basket is from Southwestern California, the design is common with the Luiseño.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-16544, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is yellow Pine. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Chain fern (Adiantum pedatum) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rim bound with grape (Vitus californica). Small, twined. Grimy from use. Hoop broken in one spot. 2-faced red and white overlay. All-over stepped design. Below rim, a white band with a geometric motif repeated. Mostly plain twining. 3-strand twining occurs from the bottom up 7 cm; also the two top rows. Hoop stitched to the top. Inside the bottom scaffolding remains the bottom 12 cm. The packstrap is of blue denim and is tied on with buckskin thongs.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12076, described as Burden basket, "upper half made by Wailaki; lower half made by her, therefore Yuki." Worn and grimy from use; hole in bottom patched with stiff leather, now cracked. Plain twined, conical shape; white 2-faced overlay; 4 different horizontal stripes on upper area. Hoop rim firmly sewn to top of basket. Strap consists of buckskin braided with 2 strands of twisted cotton gauze. 3-strand twining occurs at bottom, and single rows about 14, 22, 30, and 30.5 cm from top. 5 tags attached to rim, 3 say Wailaki catalogue card says basket is Yuki and Wailaki Per Ralph Shanks: This basket is very significant in that the upper portion is apparently a Yuki burden basket. Yuki burden baskets are extremely rare and often not well documented so that this basket is important for the study of Yuki basketry. Because Yuki burden baskets are even rarer than Wailaki burden baskets, it is recommended that this basket be placed in the Yuki section of baskets. Burden basket, heavily used. Weft is conifer root and warps are peeled shoots. Starting knot is missing as the bottom of basket has a hole which is capped with leather. 3 strand twining is visible at the edge of the leather, it is unknown if it extended to the starting knot. 3 strand twining is followed by 3.5 inches of plain twining followed by 1 row of 3 strand twining, followed by one row of plain twining, followed by one row of 3 strand twining, followed by 3 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of 3 strand, followed by 4 inches of plain twining, followed by 1 row of 3 strand twining, followed by 4 inches of plain twining, followed by 1/16 inch of exposed warp sticks, followed by a wrapped rim. The rim contains a reiforcing rod and splint-like weft units. The splint-like weft units are wrapped around the exposed warps in certain places below the rim wrapping. The Wailaki work direction is rightward and up and to the right slant of weft twist. The Yuki portion also has a rightward work direction with a rightward slant of weft twist. Approximately 9.5 inches from the start there is a clear transition from the Wailaki weaver's hand to the Yuki weaver's. The Yuki stitches are not as wide as the Wailaki stitches. The entire basket is undulating with the Yuki portion of the basket having more undulation than the Wailaki. The Wailaki section is undecorated, in the Yuki portion there is bear grass overlay. In the middle of the basket, at the start of the Yuki section is a checkerboard pattern over 3 weft rows of conifer root. The next row up is vertical bands of beargrqass 5 weft rows high alternating with undecorated weft rows to make vertical stripes. The next band is a checkerboard pattern for 3 weft rows. The uppermost row is the striped pattern again for 3 weft rows. Beargrass design is heavily worn especially where it was worn against the body. The strap is 2 pieces of rope or gauze braided with leather. It is attached to the rim and the reinforcing rod.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 2-18296, described as Diagonal twined, tin bells.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 9-13168, described as Basket; burden basket; plaited with back strap.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-64296, described as Burden type, conical twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-71513, described as Burden basket, twined.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 9-13166, described as Basket; burden basket; twill plaited with pack strap.

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