Ground stone, incised; blunt double edged; bisymmetrical; zigzag line running down crest of each side; pair of shallow holes near point on each side.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Perhaps a war knife.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 42.2 centimeters and width 7.8 centimeters
Comment:
For materials, see Supplementary catalogue, I, p. 85. Published: AAE XIV 3, pl 18, fig 4. According to Ruth Merrill, this is a Cooking basket. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).