Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye 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:
Mush boiling basket and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21 centimeters and 8.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8699. Published: A.A.E. II 4, p. 128, Fig 115; AAE XXXII, 1, pl 8 b. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 78.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #6: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 22, 1963–July 22, 1963)