Pitched tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Twined body of container with sewn-on leather top; drawstring closure. Extra leather string tied to drawstring. Full of tobacco inside.
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:
Hazel shoots and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica and Pinus lambertiana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 14 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-2517 Published: AAE II, 4, Pl 17, Fig 5. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 81.
Loans:
S1980-1981 #27: Hoopa Tribal Museum (January 26, 1981–July 8, 1981), S1983-1984 #32: Hoopa Tribal Museum (December 9, 1983–March 2, 1984), S1988-1989 #30: University of California Office of the President (1989–June 16, 1994), and S1990-1991 #12: University of California Office of the President (December 17, 1990–June 16, 1994)