Tobacco basket

Museum number:
1-11853
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Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Draw string at rim for lid; dark brown horizontal band decoration.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Wakhtek, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Wakhtek
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Hazel shoots and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica and Pinus lambertiana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco baskets
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Tobacco basket
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 12 centimeters and diameter 15 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8603. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 81.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11853, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Draw string at rim for lid; dark brown horizontal band decoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11853, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Draw string at rim for lid; dark brown horizontal band decoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11853, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Draw string at rim for lid; dark brown horizontal band decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11853, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Draw string at rim for lid; dark brown horizontal band decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11853, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Draw string at rim for lid; dark brown horizontal band decoration.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11853, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Draw string at rim for lid; dark brown horizontal band decoration.

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