Bowl basket; twined. Used for serving grass seed flour. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Alder root (Alnus). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Overall color is white, red dye is chain fern (Woodwardia) in Alder.
Donor:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Alder root, Bear grass, Chain fern, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, Woodwardia, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowl baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
This type was used to serve grass seed flour for eating.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 18.2 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "... For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 9