Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Brown dye is the inner bark is Sugar pine root. Leather carrying thongs attached to rim.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River below Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area; Klamath R. below Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
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:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Tobacco container; with tobacco
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and diameter 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 81.