Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and peeled Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Used for containing fish nets. Very grimy from use. Smoke scaffolds inside. Single face overlay floated on back. White overlay design, difficult to distinguish. Vertical zigzag bands. Plain twined. Bottom is openwork.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Waasoi, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Waasoi
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as a container for fish nets.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 47 centimeters and 35 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8613. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, Page 79.