Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Shregon, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Shregon
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:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 10 centimeters and (a)— diameter 13.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8603; 15-8627. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 81.