Mortar basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) and peeled Hazel. White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Strengthening withes of Willow (Salix).
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:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana), and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, Salix, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortar baskets (baskets by function), Mortar baskets (food processing), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 15.7 centimeters and diameter 41 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8615. For materials see Supplementary Catalog 1, p. 80.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1967-1968 #97: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968), S1975-1976 #93: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 3, 1976–June 3, 1976), and S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)