Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Klamath River Tribes
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1880-1902
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Redwood root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Sequoia sempervirens, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Context of use:
Cooking basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 31.3 centimeters and height 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 87