Seed gathering basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Conical with flat bottom. Flexible plain twined. 3 strand twined bottom. White overlay floated on back. Lower one - third bands of vertical stripes. Major motif: Vertically zigzagging parallelograms.
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 (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
For gathering seed.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 37 centimeters and height 28 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-2573. Published: AAE II, 4, p 122, Fig. 83. AAE I, pl 22, Fig 2. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 79.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #43: California Academy of Sciences (December 16, 1975–March 23, 1978)