Acorn soup basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Fir root (Abies). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Donor:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection place:
Maple Creek, Mad River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Maple Creek
Culture or time period:
Whilkut
Maker or artist:
Betsy
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Common beargrass, Fir root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Abies, Corylus cornuta californica, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used for cooking acorn soup.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 25.9 centimeters and height 18 centimeters
Comment:
Design called: Luwmintcuw. or tcastceneL" Photo: "15-8623" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 17
Loans:
S1964-1965 #41: Art Department (SF State University)/Lawrence E. Dawson (December 15, 1964–December 15, 1964), S1968-1969 #85: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 26, 1969–February 26, 1969), S1973-1974 #53: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 22, 1974–January 26, 1974), and S1974-1975 #49: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 14, 1975–January 20, 1975)