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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bark, accession number 1-2561, described as Taken from the inside of hollow fir trees.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 7-1a,b, described as (a) Oval wooden box, dated 1831; a “Svepta” box; incised with wavy lines around border, and rosettes. [symbols] on bottom. (b) lid. Made by the “Svep” technique: long, thin, flexible strips of wood were bent around a base, then fastened; overlapping ends were stitched together with birch roots. The woods used were birch, oak, beech, spruce, and fir. “Svepta” boxes commonly had ingenious snap-on lids and were decorated by burning, painting, or carving.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 7-5374, described as fir bark; piece of bark folded on width and secured by 2 twigs; length 9.5 centimeters.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drill, accession number 1-234156a-c, described as Pump drill. Made with fir shaft, possibly broomstick; flywheel, fir; bow, oak (with diamond shape inscisions); commercial cotton string.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fir cone, accession number 1-27961b, described as Fir cone.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-45267, described as Fir frame, walrus hide cover, rawhide stitching, single cockpit.
Hearst Museum object titled Pitch, accession number 1-12668, described as Fir pitch.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Samples, accession number 8-2331, described as 2 splinters of fir wood; they were torn. from wooden posts found in situ in antique shafts of the mine.
Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-10572, described as Acorn soup basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Fir root (Abies). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-10577, described as Newly made, closely woven basket. Material: fir root. Many hairs are woven into basket. Twined.

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