Hat Creek basket (ma manna). Warp hazel (Corylus cornuta californica); weft is white twining of "maha" (Xerophyllum tenax); red twining and wrapping on rim of redbud (Cercis occidentalis).
Donor:
Edward Sapir
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Atsugewi
Collector:
Edward Sapir
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Redbud
Taxon:
Cercis occidentalis, Corylus cornuta californica, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 21 centimeters and diameter 24.3 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 5
Loans:
S1973-1974 #53: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 22, 1974–January 26, 1974)