Acorn mush basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Grimy and worn from use. 1 break near top. Plain twined. White overlay floated on back. 2 lattice twined rows divide design.
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, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush basket bowl and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters and diameter 27 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 85.
Loans:
S1938-1939 #1: Golden Gate International Exposition (February 14, 1939–October 11, 1940)