Basket cap; twined. No warp. Weft is Grape root (Vitus californica). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum), white pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Common beargrass, Grape root, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Vitis californica, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters and diameter 17.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8618. Published: AAE, V. 32, 1, pl 26 a. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 11.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #41: Art Department (SF State University)/Lawrence E. Dawson (December 15, 1964–December 15, 1964) and S1965-1966 #22: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (September 28, 1965–September 28, 1965)