Dance basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Weft is red stained. Used in jump dance.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
For jumping dance.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-2569. Published: AAE II, 4, p 122, Fig 81. AAE II 4, pl 18, Fig 4. AAE XXXII, 1, pl 56 d. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 79.
Loans:
S1980-1981 #15: Clarence E. Smith Museum of Anthropology (CSU East Bay) (September 23, 1980–November 18, 1980)