Dance basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder (Alnus rubra).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)