Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern 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:
1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, Hazel shoots, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco baskets
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-8602. Published: AAE Vol 32, #1, Pl 38 a. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p 85.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #93: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 3, 1976–June 3, 1976)