Basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus) and Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Overlay and warp ends not scraped off.
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:
Alder root, Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 20 centimeters and 9 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE, II, 4, p 119, Fig 54. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, P. 80.