Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Light bands on dark ground. Lid missing. With tobacco inside.
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, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
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 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8629. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 81.
Loans:
S1983-1984 #32: Hoopa Tribal Museum (December 9, 1983–March 2, 1984)