Soup basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Grimy and worn from use. Plain twined except for 3 strand twining at top and start. Horizontal design band, white single-faced overlay.
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:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
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 April 30, 1902
Context of use:
Soup basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-8620" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 56