Basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, Hazel shoots, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9.8 centimeters and diameter 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE, II, 4 p 128, Fig 123" Remarks: "While this basket is Hupa, the design interpretation was made by a Karok