Basketry mortar hopper. Design, kurulluk "cranes leg." Willow, pine root and squaw grass.
Donor:
Edward Sapir
Collection place:
Montgomery Creek, Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Montgomery Creek
Culture or time period:
Northern or Central Yana
Collector:
Edward Sapir
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortar baskets (baskets by function) and Mortar baskets (food processing)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Description: "(k''e manna)" Photo: "15-4775" Published: "A.R. 3:3, Pl. 2, f" Added in pencil: "Willow/pine root/squaw grass" Remarks: "Design.kurulluk" Crossed out, "Same material Design. kurulluk "cranes leg" For materials see Suplementary Cat. 1 Page 72
Loans:
S1961-1962 #65: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (April 17, 1962–September 28, 1962), S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964), S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966), and S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)