Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Plain twined. White overlay, floated on back. 2 lattice twined rows divide design area in half. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 79.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 4, 1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Cooking
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8952. AAE. XXXII, 1, pl 12 a. Ill. UCPAAE VOL. 32. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p.79.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #93: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 3, 1976–June 3, 1976)