Dipper

Museum number:
1-9513
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
81 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
Mush dipper basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Unornamented basketry dipper for acorn mush. Coated with grime from use. Plain twined, fine work. 1 row 3 strand twining seventh from top.
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:
Conifer root and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica and Pinophyta
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
16.5 centimeters and height 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalog 1, p. 79.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #93: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (June 3, 1976–June 3, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dipper, accession number 1-9513, described as Mush dipper basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Unornamented basketry dipper for acorn mush. Coated with grime from use. Plain twined, fine work. 1 row 3 strand twining seventh from top.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dipper, accession number 1-9513, described as Mush dipper basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Unornamented basketry dipper for acorn mush. Coated with grime from use. Plain twined, fine work. 1 row 3 strand twining seventh from top.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-9513, described as Mush dipper basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Unornamented basketry dipper for acorn mush. Coated with grime from use. Plain twined, fine work. 1 row 3 strand twining seventh from top.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 1-9513, described as Mush dipper basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). Unornamented basketry dipper for acorn mush. Coated with grime from use. Plain twined, fine work. 1 row 3 strand twining seventh from top.

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