Storage basket; twined. Used for storing fish. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also peeled Hazel. Willow (Salix) hoopsat rim bound with Alder (Alnus) root.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Alder root, Hazel shoots, and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, and Salix
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and February 25, 1903
Context of use:
For storing fish.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 45 centimeters and height 16.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 9