Mush basket

Museum number:
1-11822
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Mush basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Very worn. 1 break in rim. Very grimy. Plain twined white overlay floated on back. 2 rows of lattice twining divide the design.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Murek, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Murek
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush basket bowl and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Acorn soup cooking basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 26 centimeters and height 15 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 83.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #6: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 22, 1963–July 22, 1963), S1967-1968 #97: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968), and S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mush basket, accession number 1-11822, described as Mush basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Very worn. 1 break in rim. Very grimy. Plain twined white overlay floated on back. 2 rows of lattice twining divide the design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mush basket, accession number 1-11822, described as Mush basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Very worn. 1 break in rim. Very grimy. Plain twined white overlay floated on back. 2 rows of lattice twining divide the design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mush basket, accession number 1-11822, described as Mush basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Very worn. 1 break in rim. Very grimy. Plain twined white overlay floated on back. 2 rows of lattice twining divide the design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mush basket, accession number 1-11822, described as Mush basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Very worn. 1 break in rim. Very grimy. Plain twined white overlay floated on back. 2 rows of lattice twining divide the design.

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