Storage basket

Museum number:
1-9290
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
164 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Storage basket; twined. Warp and weft are peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Striped horizontally.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Martin's Ferry, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Martin's Ferry
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Common beargrass and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica 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 21 inches, width 24 inches, and length 29 inches
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 78.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-9290, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp and weft are peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Striped horizontally.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-9290, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp and weft are peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Striped horizontally.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-9290, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp and weft are peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Striped horizontally.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-9290, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp and weft are peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Striped horizontally.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-9290, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp and weft are peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Striped horizontally.

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