Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Plaited weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
55.5 centimeters and height 11 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8614; 8704. Published: A.A.E. II, 4, Fig 113; V32# 1 p; 52. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 78.