Iris (missouriensis or tenuissima) fiber. One bundle, folded in half. Used to tie up split salmon for drying, and mentioned in myth of Culture Hero as originally used for string fiber.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used to tie up split salmon for drying, and mentioned in myth of Culture Hero as originally used for string fibre.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters
Comment:
According to Munz, A California Flora, p. 1390, this fiber seems to be I. tenuissima
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1972-1973 #100: Humboldt County (California) (May 22, 1973–June 5, 1973), and S1980-1981 #68: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Indian Programs (May 8, 1981–May 8, 1981)