1 culture 1.1 baskets , basketmaking 1.2 subsistence 1.3 housing 1.4 social organization 1.5 religion 1.6 languages 1.7 rock art culture the maidu hunters , gatherers. baskets , basketmaking the maidu exemplary basket weavers, weaving highly detailed , useful baskets in sizes ranging thimble-sized huge ones ten or more feet in diameter. stitches on of these baskets fine need magnifying glass see them. in addition closely woven, watertight baskets cooking, made large storage baskets, bowls, shallow trays, traps, cradles, hats , seed beaters. make these baskets, used dozens of different kinds of wild plant stems, barks, roots , leaves. of more common fern roots, red bark of redbud, white willow twigs , tule roots, hazel twigs, yucca leaves, brown marsh grass roots , sedge roots. combining these different kinds of plants, able make geometric designs on baskets in red, black, white, brown or tan. maidu elder marie potts explains, coiled , twining systems both used, , products handsomely d