Dance basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-8615. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p, 82.
Loans:
S1943-1944 #2: Mills College, Art Department (September 14, 1943–October 15, 1943) and S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)