Dance basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Ends bound in leather.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River area, Northwestern California, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Pine (wood)
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Ceremonial.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 5.5 inches, length 19.75 inches, and width 2.75 inches
Comment:
Second original number: 175 Photo: "15-8618" Published: "AAE 32, 1, pl 56 e" Remarks: "Donated 7-2-16
Loans:
S1963-1964 #44: Oakland Public Museum (December 11, 1963–February 28, 1964)