Mortar basket
- Museum number:
- 1-9394
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010009394
- Alternate number:
- 268 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.211
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Mortar basket; twined. Warp is Willow (Salix), weft is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). String handle. With braided pack-strap. Openwork, plain-twined.
- Donor:
- Alfred L. Kroeber
- Collection place:
- Northwestern California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California
- Culture or time period:
- Wiyot
- Collector:
- Alfred L. Kroeber
- Collection date:
- 1906
- Materials:
- Hazel shoots and Willow (wood)
- Taxon:
- Corylus cornuta californica and Salix
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Mortar baskets (baskets by function), Mortar baskets (food processing), and Twined weaving
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1906
- Context of use:
- Carrying basket.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- height 30 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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