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Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-691, described as Rattle or clapstick.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-692, described as Rattle or clapstick.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-693, described as Rattle or clapstick.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-694, described as Rattle or clapstick.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle, accession number 1-709, described as Cocoon. Cluster of silk moth cocoons and feathers, bound with cotton twine and quills. Made with Antheraea polyphemus, Cramer.

Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-713, described as Acorn storage basket; twined. Warp is willow (Salix), weft is gray pine (Pinus sabiniana). Red pattern is redbud (Cercis occidentalis).

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-714, described as For seeds.

Hearst Museum object titled Hopper, accession number 1-715, described as Mortar basket.

Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-716, described as Made of granite. Bowling pin shaped, with pointed proximal end.

Hearst Museum object titled Deer bone game, accession number 1-717, described as ring and pin game; deer ankle bones on stick

Hearst Museum object titled Gig, accession number 1-718, described as Salmon gig. Made of deer bone, with native rope.

Hearst Museum object titled Gig points, accession number 1-719, described as Made out of nail, with native ropes.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-720, described as Burden basket; dirty from usage; hole in the bottom has been patched by sewing on a soft piece of buckskin; conical in shape. The bottom 6 cm are 3 strand twining, a single row was placed at 5, 6, 19, and 20 cm from the rim. The 2 rows along the top are sewn over so that large peeled sticks may form a hoop inside the rim. A buckskin thong is tied to the rim. Two tags "Wailaki". Sticker which is outlined in red "2720". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined conical burden basket, used, with no overlay. Warps are a peeled shoot and wefts are conifer root. There are 2 inches of three strand twining at the base followed by 5 3/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by 5 1/2 inches of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining to the rim, where there are 2 rows of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod wrapped on at the rim by unpeeled shoots. The workface is on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction. This basket lacks designs as do Yuki mortar hoppers, and could possibly be Yuki instead of Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-721, described as Tray basket. Two tags: "Yuki". Per Ralph Shanks: Wide flaring coiled bowl, in the shape of a parching or cooking basket. It has staining and residue. The start is twined. The coil foundation is three rods with some splints. The weft material is redbud, both peeled and unpeeled. The design includes four bands of three horizontal lines with one break in each band at the same point. There are also random rectangles. The rim is plain wrapped; the rim coil ending is blunt, with about five back stiches. The rim ending lines up with the breaks in the design. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped, with some bound under; the weft moving ends are bound under and some are concealed. About 50% of the wefts are split on the interior, with very few split on the exterior. The wefts are non-interlocking. The basket has an exterior workface. It has a rightward work direction and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The basket was collected in Hulls valley, which is in Wailaki territory, the features of the basket match both Yuki and Wailaki baskets.

Hearst Museum object titled Bowl basket, accession number 1-722, described as Coiled; squat, globular shape. Design in red; first couple of rows at start are red. Tag: "Wailaki". Loose tag "att". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled globular basket bowl, with no residue. Twined start. Peeled shoot rod foundation. Redbud wefts both peeled and unpeeled. The overall design is diagonal steps with rectangles and triangles on the tops and bases of the steps. There are random rectangles. The rim is wrapped, with slightly tapered ending; the last inch of wefts is backstitched. The basket has an exterior workface, with a rightward work direction and primarily down to the right slant of weft twist. The weft fag ends are primarily clipped with some concealed; the moving ends are primarily concealed with some clipped. There are split and unsplit stitches on the interior. The basket could be either Wailaki or Yuki.

Hearst Museum object titled Serving tray, accession number 1-724, described as Grimy and worn from use. Coiled, with design in red of running steps that cross or intersect. Tag: "Wailaki" crossed out in ink. Two other tags with "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Food serving basket with flaring sides. The start is tightly coiled, with no indentation. The foundation is made of mixed rods and splints. The wefts are redbud, peeled and unpeeled. The rim is plain wrapped, with rim ticks all the way around, with an abrupt ending, with a few backstitches. The design is two curved lines made up trapezoids, which cross at two points. There are a few Yuki-style random rectangles. The majority of the stitches are non-interlocking. 20% of the stitches are split. The weft fag ends and moving ends are primarily concealed, with some clipped. There is a down to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. This basket could be either Wailaki or Yuki, but not Maidu.

Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-726, described as Paddle for dressing deer hides.

Hearst Museum object titled Paddle, accession number 1-727, described as Paddle for dressing deer hides.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-728, described as Burden basket. Dusty, in good condition. White 2-faced overlay, narrow stripes and horizontal zigzag band nearest top. Narrow zigzag bands in large v-shaped and zigzag patterns. 2 parallel single line zigzag design nearest bottom. Hoop lashed inside basket edge with buckskin strap about 76 cm long. 2 small hoops lattice woven to inside near the bottom. Tip of the basket was begun with 1 buckskin weft. Plain twining, except in the bottom 8.5 cm which is done in 3-strand twining. Three tags: "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined burden basket, used. . Crossed warp starting knot. The basket has peeled shoot warps with beargrass overlay. There are several patches in different materials including redbud, cotton string, and leather. A rod is lashed on with leather on the interior of the rim. A 27 inch long leather strap is on one side of the rim and is attached 1/2 inch below the rim. There is one rod that is lattice twined for two rows on to the interior bottom of the basket. From the bottom of the basket above the leather there is three strand twining for 4 inches, followed by plain twining for the rest of the basket. The rim is trimmed. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is two sided, with the primary design on the exterior. The basket undulates.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-729, described as Burden basket, in good condition. Hoop lashed to rim with buckskin, broken in 2 places. Twined, with knotted strap. White two-faced overlay designs; dotted stripe just below rim; then diamond outlines connected in horizontal band. Lowest design is a dotted stripe with zig-zag horizontal line beneath. The point, the very start of basket, begins with rawhide weft, over the stick warp. Three-strand twining. 2 tags both say 'Wailaki' Per Ralph Shanks: Classic Wailaki burden basket, used, made out of conifer root weft, possibly pine root with bear grass overlay. Overlay is irregular sided, not two-faced as indicated above. Peeled shoots used for warp sticks. Starting knot is common for the Wilaki, with wefts made of rawhide or buckskin. Beginning at starting knot there are alternating bands of 3 strand and plain twining weft rows for 3.5 inches, followed by plain twining until 1 weft row below rim. The uppermost weft row is 3 strand twining. Trimmed rim finish with the vast majority of warp sticks rising as much as .25 inches above the rim. At the rim a reinforcing rod is lashed to the basket with buckskin using the typical wailaki technique, the rod is broken in 2 places. There is a carrying strap attached to the rim and the reinforcing rod. The weft stitches are up and to the right and the work direction is up and to the right with an exterior work face. Some undulation is present.

Hearst Museum object titled Seed beater, accession number 1-730, described as Scoop basket, dirty from use; first row of twining on handle has slipped of the warp sticks. Twined openwork, mostly plain. 3 rows at outer edge more tightly twined. Handle is a bundle of doubled-over sticks inserted through holes; outside ones are warps for twining. Three tags "Wailaki". Per Ralph Shanks: Openwork twined seed beater. The warps and wefts are a peeled shoot. The disk is plain twined, widely spaced. The handle is attached to the scoop through a few of the largest rods going through the scoop near its center and then bending back to the handle. These rods in the handle are surrounded by rods that form an exterior cage of warps with wefts that are plain twined, in six weft rows. The slant of weft twist is up to the right; the work direction is to the right. The warps are trimmed at the scoop rim and handle.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-732, described as Mortar basket; worn around the bottom edge from pestle action, dirty from use. Warps curve up towards the right. A heavy loop is sewn securely on to form the rim inside. 3- strand twining occurs in a strip 2.5 cm below outside hoop and 2 rows just above it. Area from lowest 3-strand twining to bottom is twilled twining. Tags: Per Ralph Shanks: Twined mortar hopper basket with flaring sides, oblong, and low sided, used. The start is missing. The diameter of the hole is 5 inches. The warps are peeled shoots. The wefts are conifer root and the rim wrapping is a peeled shoot. The basket starts with an inch of diagonal twining, followed by four weft rows of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining over one rod, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by a row of three strand twining, followed by two rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by two weft rows of plain twining, followed by open work warps, followed by three rows of plain twining. The rim is wrapped with a reinforcing rod. There is no overlay design. The basket does not undulate. There is an up to the right slant of weft twist and a rightward work direction, with an exterior workface. This basket does not resemble any known Wailaki mortar hoppers and is probably a Yuki made basket traded to the Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-733, described as Coated with grime from use; rim weft frayed, one split. Coiled, somewhat globular. 2 red horizontal rows around middle. Tag: "Wailaki att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Coiled basket bowl, used. Flaring start. Peeled shoot coil foundation, with three rods and possible splints. The wefts are peeled redbud and unpeeled redbud designs. The basket has two horizontal rows of unpeeled redbud at the middle as well as in a few random wefts in two places on the main body, as well as in some places at the rim. The basket has a rightward work direction with and a down to the right slant of weft twist. The rim coil ending is tapered. The workface is on the exterior. The weft fag ends are bound under. Barrett states that this is Yuki, and Shanks says this could be Yuki or Wailaki.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-734a-c, described as Pine roots, elder twigs, grass

Hearst Museum object titled Cloak, accession number 1-735, described as Made of deer skin.

Hearst Museum object titled Sifter basket, accession number 1-736, described as Sifter basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red-black pattern is Redbud.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-737, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp and weft are Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark.

Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-738, described as Cooking basket; coiled. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Redbud (Cercis occidentalis). Red pattern is Redbud bark.

Hearst Museum object titled Net, accession number 1-741, described as Salmon fish net made of native twine; circa 5.0 cm mesh.

Hearst Museum object titled Fishing net, accession number 1-742, described as Fishing net, sucker and salmon net; circa 1.7 cm mesh.

Hearst Museum object titled Fishing net, accession number 1-743, described as Sucker and salmon fish net; twine; bent reed floats attached; circa 3.5 cm mesh.

Hearst Museum object titled Fishing net, accession number 1-744, described as Fish net for catching sucker and salmon. Fine twine; bent reed floats attached; circa 2.5 cm mesh.

Hearst Museum object titled Fishing net, accession number 1-745, described as Sucker and trout fish net; fine twine; reed floats attached; circa 3.5 cm mesh.

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