Flat basket

Museum number:
1-1435
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
19 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.
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:
Basketry (object genre), Plaited weaving, and Twined weaving
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters and 55.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8614; 8704. Published: A.A.E. II, 4, Fig 113; V32# 1 p; 52. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 78.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Flat basket, accession number 1-1435, described as Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Flat basket, accession number 1-1435, described as Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Flat basket, accession number 1-1435, described as Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Flat basket, accession number 1-1435, described as Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flat basket, accession number 1-1435, described as Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flat basket, accession number 1-1435, described as Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flat basket, accession number 1-1435, described as Flat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Large, flat, unfinished. Meal tray. Plain twined. Warp ends are plaited together. Single face overlay, almost completely covering outside at this point of construction.

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