Bowl basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Spruce (Pinaceae). Black color on warp is is mud-dyed. Plain twined openwork, tightly woven rows at start and rim. Does not look used.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Tolowa
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Hazel root, Mud, and Spruce root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica and Pinaceae
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and April 30, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 29 centimeters and height 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-8624" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 56