Acorn mush basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Dirty from use. Sides plain twined, white overlay floated on back. Vertical stripes and dark horizontal zigzag. 3 strand and twill twining on bottom. Row of white dots near base.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Kepel, Klamath River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Kepel
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush basket bowl and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Possibly part of a set along with 9360.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9 centimeters and diameter 19.5 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 85. Possibly part of a set along with 1-9360?
Loans:
S1938-1939 #1: Golden Gate International Exposition (February 14, 1939–October 11, 1940)