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"This video surveys historic baskets woven in California and the rich traditions of the Grandmothers who created them. Chumash weaver Linda Aguilar shows her work and discusses the challenges facing weavers today. Narrator Gregory Schaaf, Ph.D., speaks compassionately about the baskets and the traditions of the Grandmothers who made them."

"Miwok Indian Baskets"

Below are the primary materials & dyes, but by no means all used in Northern Californian basketry. Warp Materials Hazel and Willow The primary materials used for the warp of the firm twined Northern California baskets are Hazel or Willow. Hazel was preferred as it was stronger and more bug resistant than willow.

The Modoc used stone mortars and pestles for processing plant and animal foods. "Most large mortars were made of vesicular lava but many small one ... were of a much lighter and more porous volcanic material" (Howe 52). The Modoc also utilized a distinctive two-horned milling stone (muller) to hull wokas seeds (Kroeber 324).