Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-16592
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.399
Description:
Cooking basket; twined. Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) warp, Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in white Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Salt Creek, Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Salt Creek
Culture or time period:
Achumawi
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1910
Materials:
Bear grass, Conifer root, Grass (plant material), and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Cooking basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 16.2 centimeters and diameter 18 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 5.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16592, described as Cooking basket; twined. Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) warp, Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in white Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16592, described as Cooking basket; twined. Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) warp, Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in white Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16592, described as Cooking basket; twined. Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) warp, Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in white Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-16592, described as Cooking basket; twined. Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) warp, Conifer root (Pinophyta) weft. Pattern in white Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

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