Basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Natural color with geometric "elbow" design in brown.
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, Hazel shoots, and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Tobacco basket
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 13.4 centimeters and height 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-2512, 15-2513 Published: AAE II, Pl 17, Fig 1; AAE II, 4, p 123, Fig 104; AAE II, 4; XXXII, 1, pl 34a. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 80.