Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Natural color with brown band design; flat lid, held in place with leather thongs. Tobacco inside basket.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco baskets
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 10.2 centimeters and height 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE II, 4, Pl 17, Fig 5; BAEB 78 Pl 72. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 80.
Loans:
S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)