Trinket basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum).
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Alder root, Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Treasure baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Trinket basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-8602. For materials see Supplementary Catalog 1, p. 82.