Sepimk" basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mouth of Salmon River, Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Siskiyou; Mouth of Salmon River
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 18.6 centimeters and diameter 25.9 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-2551" Published: "AAE, II, 4, pl 20 fig 8 V 32 l pl 16 b" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 12
Loans:
S1968-1969 #85: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 26, 1969–February 26, 1969)