Dance 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).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Klamath River, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River; Lower Klamath River
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alexander Brizard and Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
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:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903 and February 10, 1903
Context of use:
Dance basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-8604. Published: AAE, 32, 1, pl 56 a. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 82.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #82: Mills College, Art Department (March 23, 1967–April 19, 1967) and S1974-1975 #66: California State University, East Bay (February 14, 1975–March 12, 1976)