Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Natural color, with one brown band near base.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Redwood root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Sequoia sempervirens, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco baskets
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
Tobacco basket
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters and diameter 10.9 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 80.