Storage basket

Museum number:
1-11697
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket for gathering seeds. Bottom gone. Breaks at lower end. Split hoop sewn on with cordage is broken, part missing. Very grimey. Plain twined. White overlay element floats on back. Lower part of basket: horizontal and vertical striped bands. Major design: stacked parallelograms, 2 light zigzag bands run vertically through them. Fortified around bottom by heavy wooden splint sewed on with twine.
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:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 50 centimeters and height 40 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8610. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 P. 79.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11697, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket for gathering seeds. Bottom gone. Breaks at lower end. Split hoop sewn on with cordage is broken, part missing. Very grimey. Plain twined. White overlay element floats on back. Lower part of basket: horizontal and vertical striped bands. Major design: stacked parallelograms, 2 light zigzag bands run vertically through them. Fortified around bottom by heavy wooden splint sewed on with twine.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11697, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket for gathering seeds. Bottom gone. Breaks at lower end. Split hoop sewn on with cordage is broken, part missing. Very grimey. Plain twined. White overlay element floats on back. Lower part of basket: horizontal and vertical striped bands. Major design: stacked parallelograms, 2 light zigzag bands run vertically through them. Fortified around bottom by heavy wooden splint sewed on with twine.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11697, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket for gathering seeds. Bottom gone. Breaks at lower end. Split hoop sewn on with cordage is broken, part missing. Very grimey. Plain twined. White overlay element floats on back. Lower part of basket: horizontal and vertical striped bands. Major design: stacked parallelograms, 2 light zigzag bands run vertically through them. Fortified around bottom by heavy wooden splint sewed on with twine.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11697, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket for gathering seeds. Bottom gone. Breaks at lower end. Split hoop sewn on with cordage is broken, part missing. Very grimey. Plain twined. White overlay element floats on back. Lower part of basket: horizontal and vertical striped bands. Major design: stacked parallelograms, 2 light zigzag bands run vertically through them. Fortified around bottom by heavy wooden splint sewed on with twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11697, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket for gathering seeds. Bottom gone. Breaks at lower end. Split hoop sewn on with cordage is broken, part missing. Very grimey. Plain twined. White overlay element floats on back. Lower part of basket: horizontal and vertical striped bands. Major design: stacked parallelograms, 2 light zigzag bands run vertically through them. Fortified around bottom by heavy wooden splint sewed on with twine.

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