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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10098930, member: 8267"]The Hupa, Yurok, and Karok all made baskets similar to the brown ones. They were made with a technique called "twining", using fine willow or hazel as the foundation, with bear grass (lighter color) and maiden hair fern (black) worked in as an overlay stitch to create the designs. Some of these types of baskets were used as food bowls, and others were used as women's hats.</p><p><br /></p><p>The basket with the green decoration is made of raffia in a coiling technique, and is most probably the work of a non-native hobbyist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 10098930, member: 8267"]The Hupa, Yurok, and Karok all made baskets similar to the brown ones. They were made with a technique called "twining", using fine willow or hazel as the foundation, with bear grass (lighter color) and maiden hair fern (black) worked in as an overlay stitch to create the designs. Some of these types of baskets were used as food bowls, and others were used as women's hats. The basket with the green decoration is made of raffia in a coiling technique, and is most probably the work of a non-native hobbyist.[/QUOTE]
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