Bowl. Tag: "Lassik" on the back "tcunus", second tag "Lassik". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket cooking pot, used, with residue present. Crossed warp starting knot, somewhat dissimilar to Northwestern California starting knots.. Peeled shoot, possibly hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), warps and conifer root (Pinophyta) wefts with an overlay of beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1 1/2 inches, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by 1-2 weft rows of three strand twining, followed by three weft rows of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining, followed by plain twining for 3 1/2 inches, followed by one weft row three strand twining at the rim. The rim is trimmed. The overlay design is six horizontal bands of beargrass, with a top row of zigzags and a middle row of downward pointing triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is primarily on the exterior face with some design evident on the interior. The basket slightly undulates. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
Blocksburg, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Blocksburg
Culture or time period:
Lassik
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1903
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 24.8 centimeters and height 15.9 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "tcunus" Photo: "15-8629" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 16