Plate basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Grimy from use. Plain twined. Fine elements. 3 more closely woven rows at top.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plate baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
4.5 centimeters and diameter 20 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 84.