Ceramic, earthenware, two piece; four vertical rows of flint (?) design incised into body of pouch, with water snake design angling from lower left to top right; lid fastened on top of pouch with buckskin thongs; tan design on black.
Donor:
Margaret Mathewson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Maker or artist:
George Blake Jr.
Collector:
Margaret Mathewson
Collection date:
1992
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware
Production date:
1992
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 14.5 centimeters and height 12.8 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "Modern adaptation of traditional basketry pouch." Exhibit label from Innovative Materials/Conservative Form, 1993: "Many of the ancient forms, such as large cooking baskets and acorn pounding baskets, are no longer made in quantity, but some forms, such as trinket baskets and tobacco pouches are still being mass-prioduced. These tobacco pouches show a shift from the old, simpler, horizontal-band designs to the fancier designs usually found on basketry hats. There has also been a shift to smaller sizes. Some tobacco pouches are made in alternative media such as clay." References: "cf AAE Vol. 32, fig. 13