Sifter basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Center mended with inserted skin. Very grimy from use. Several bad breaks in warp. Plain twined. White 2 faced overlay. 1 row 3 strand twining approximately 2 cm from edge. Mostly solid, dotted and vertical stripes.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Meta, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Meta
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
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:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and diameter 53 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8606. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 80.