Basket material

Museum number:
1-214023a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101214023a@2cb
Alternate number:
5 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1437
Object count:
2
Description:
Basketry material. (a) Fiber; spruce root, finely split. (b) Roll of same material, finely split.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath (CDP), Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Del Norte; Klamath
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
August 1961
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketmaking supplies
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
Used as weft material (basic). Overlay of white (bear grass), black (fern stem), or brown (fern center, dyed) used on this. This is strongest and most durable. It is not attacked by insects, as is willow root.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "wo' pek" (spruce root).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Basket material, accession number 1-214023a,b, described as Basketry material. (a) Fiber; spruce root, finely split. (b) Roll of same material, finely split.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Basket material, accession number 1-214023a,b, described as Basketry material. (a) Fiber; spruce root, finely split. (b) Roll of same material, finely split.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Basket material, accession number 1-214023a,b, described as Basketry material. (a) Fiber; spruce root, finely split. (b) Roll of same material, finely split.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Basket material, accession number 1-214023a,b, described as Basketry material. (a) Fiber; spruce root, finely split. (b) Roll of same material, finely split.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-214023a,b, described as Basketry material. (a) Fiber; spruce root, finely split. (b) Roll of same material, finely split.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-214023a,b, described as Basketry material. (a) Fiber; spruce root, finely split. (b) Roll of same material, finely split.

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