Basket

Museum number:
1-9519
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
87 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is red Alder root (Alnus rubra)
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, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, Corylus cornuta californica, 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:
3.5 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalog 1, p. 82.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-9519, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is red Alder root (Alnus rubra)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-9519, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is red Alder root (Alnus rubra)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-9519, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is red Alder root (Alnus rubra)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-9519, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is red Alder root (Alnus rubra)

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