Basket and lid

Museum number:
1-233724a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101233724a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3011
Description:
Twined globular, with lid. Foundation of willow shoots, with weft of willow root and pine root. 2 overlays. Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern stems (dark). Main body design has 7 step motif flanked by double row of triangles. Finely woven. (a) Lid, (b) Body.
Donor:
Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Mother of Mrs. John Crosby Brown
Collection date:
1914
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Sold as tourist novelty.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
(a)— width 11.5 centimeters, (b)— 10.5 centimeters, (a)— height 4.8 centimeters, and (b)— width 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-233724a,b, described as Twined globular, with lid. Foundation of willow shoots, with weft of willow root and pine root. 2 overlays. Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern stems (dark). Main body design has 7 step motif flanked by double row of triangles. Finely woven. (a) Lid, (b) Body.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-233724a,b, described as Twined globular, with lid. Foundation of willow shoots, with weft of willow root and pine root. 2 overlays. Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern stems (dark). Main body design has 7 step motif flanked by double row of triangles. Finely woven. (a) Lid, (b) Body.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-233724a,b, described as Twined globular, with lid. Foundation of willow shoots, with weft of willow root and pine root. 2 overlays. Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern stems (dark). Main body design has 7 step motif flanked by double row of triangles. Finely woven. (a) Lid, (b) Body.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket and lid, accession number 1-233724a,b, described as Twined globular, with lid. Foundation of willow shoots, with weft of willow root and pine root. 2 overlays. Xerophyllum tenax (light) and maidenhair fern stems (dark). Main body design has 7 step motif flanked by double row of triangles. Finely woven. (a) Lid, (b) Body.

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