Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Alder (Alnus rubra), Basket made by a Karok woman married among the Yurok.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Alder root, Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, 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:
height 18.5 centimeters and diameter 23 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-8602" Published: "AAE II, 4, p 128, Fig 125" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p 12