Basket

Museum number:
1-20806
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
42 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Openwork basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt
Culture or time period:
Hupa and Klamath River Tribes
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Basket tray for fish and meat.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 2.75 inches and length 13.625 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-8618. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 11.
Loans:
S1978-1979 #44: Hoopa Tribal Museum (February 1, 1979–June 25, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-20806, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-20806, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20806, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20806, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica).

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