Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Height: 14 cm, Diameter: 13.5 cm
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 Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, 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 14 centimeters and diameter 13.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-2515, 15-8702. Published: AAE, II, 4, Pl 17, Fig 3; V32 #1 pl 48. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 80.
Loans:
S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981)