Head guard frame

Museum number:
1-11700
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
Baby's head guard; twined. A mere frame of unpeeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) bound with split root of Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).
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:
May 1907
Materials:
Hazel shoots and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica and Pinus lambertiana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 81.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Head guard frame, accession number 1-11700, described as Baby's head guard; twined. A mere frame of unpeeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) bound with split root of Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Head guard frame, accession number 1-11700, described as Baby's head guard; twined. A mere frame of unpeeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) bound with split root of Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head guard frame, accession number 1-11700, described as Baby's head guard; twined. A mere frame of unpeeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) bound with split root of Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head guard frame, accession number 1-11700, described as Baby's head guard; twined. A mere frame of unpeeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) bound with split root of Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).

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