Basket; Twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Patter is in Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Overall color is white. Black dye is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). height: 9.3 cm, diameter: 16.2 cm.
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:
diameter 16.2 centimeters and height 9.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 9