Steatite bowl, rectangular with curved sides and oval bowl; residual red pigment on interior, bottom chipped. Length: 10.1 cm; width: 6.6 cm; height: 3.5 cm.
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 1901
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Paint cups
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Paint cup.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 6.6 centimeters, height 3.5 centimeters, and length 10.1 centimeters