Carrying basket

Museum number:
1-11670
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Used. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 rows below rim are close 3 strand twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Also 3 strand twining on bottom.
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 and Weitchpec Frank
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
60 centimeters and height 56 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 page 83.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11670, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Used. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 rows below rim are close 3 strand twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Also 3 strand twining on bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11670, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Used. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 rows below rim are close 3 strand twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Also 3 strand twining on bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11670, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Used. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 rows below rim are close 3 strand twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Also 3 strand twining on bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11670, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Used. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 rows below rim are close 3 strand twined. Warp ends braided to form rim. Also 3 strand twining on bottom.

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