Storage basket

Museum number:
1-10578
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
b 64 B (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.247
Description:
Small storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum), red dye is alder-dyed chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Diagonal broad stripes across surface.
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:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters and height 17.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4883" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 17" "Designs: in white, nuwinna kinninso weltcwen, "around oblique its made." In black, kinnilyai.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10578, described as Small storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum), red dye is alder-dyed chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Diagonal broad stripes across surface.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10578, described as Small storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum), red dye is alder-dyed chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Diagonal broad stripes across surface.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10578, described as Small storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum), red dye is alder-dyed chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Diagonal broad stripes across surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10578, described as Small storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum), red dye is alder-dyed chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Diagonal broad stripes across surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10578, described as Small storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum), red dye is alder-dyed chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Diagonal broad stripes across surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-10578, described as Small storage basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum), red dye is alder-dyed chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa). Diagonal broad stripes across surface.

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