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Start Over Collection place Northern California Culture or time period North American native cultures Materials Common beargrass Function 8.3 For Manufacturing

1. Basket

Museum number:
1-1209
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
diameter 27.5 centimeters
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Collection date:
August 4, 1901
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax

2. Flat basket

Museum number:
1-1435
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Plaited weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters and 55.5 centimeters
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax