Storage basket

Museum number:
1-11699
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Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Small openwork storage basket (Rumi tsek) with 3 narrow bands of pattern.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, Corylus cornuta californica, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 87.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11699, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Small openwork storage basket (Rumi tsek) with 3 narrow bands of pattern.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11699, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Small openwork storage basket (Rumi tsek) with 3 narrow bands of pattern.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11699, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Small openwork storage basket (Rumi tsek) with 3 narrow bands of pattern.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11699, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Small openwork storage basket (Rumi tsek) with 3 narrow bands of pattern.

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