Basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Brown dye is blackened Conifer root. Dirty and smoke darkened. Globular shape. Plain twined. White overlay, floated on back. After basket was started, it was turned over before sides were begun. Design motif of repeated "all-over" triangles.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
12.5 centimeters and height 8.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE II, 4, p 118, Fig 19. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 82.