Baby basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Mud-dyed alder or hazel. Strong rim forming hand grip at upper end. Longitudinal elements bound by spaced plain twining.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
John Preston Stanley and Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
1900-1901
Taxon:
Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Cradles (children's beds), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Baby basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 60 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 9