Storage basket

Museum number:

1-1762

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Alternate number:

346 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86

Object count:

1

Description:

Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Design: kixtakpis (hand, fingerspread). Height: 17.5 cm, Diameter: 27.7 cm.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Mouth of Salmon River, Del Norte County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

Vicinity of mouth of Salmon River

Culture or time period:

Karuk

Collector:

Alfred L. Kroeber

Collection date:

1902

Materials:

Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots

Taxon:

Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, 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 17.5 centimeters and diameter 27.7 centimeters

Comment:

Photo: "15-2550" Published: "AAE, II, 4, Pl 20, Fig 6; V32 #1 pl 17 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)

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