Basket materials
- Museum number:
- 1-1000
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010001000
- Alternate number:
- 3000 (original number) and 3001 (previous number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.19
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- One bundle of common beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax), in straight filaments, used for making baskets. Length: ca. 47 cm.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Hoopa Valley, Humboldt County, California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Humboldt; Hoopa Valley
- Culture or time period:
- Hupa
- Collector:
- Philip Mills Jones
- Collection date:
- August 1, 1901
- Materials:
- Xerophyllum tenex (previously called "squaw grass")
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Basketmaking supplies
- Function:
- 8.3 For Manufacturing
- Accession date:
- December 7, 1901
- Context of use:
- Material used in making baskets.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- length 47 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1978-1979 #24: San Jose Museum of Art (October 24, 1978–January 19, 1979)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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