Basket

Museum number:
1-1584
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
168 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Sepimk" basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Height: 14.0 cm, diameter: 17.5 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, Conifer root, Hazel shoots, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Alnus rubra, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters and height 14 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 12
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-1584, described as Sepimk" basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Height: 14.0 cm, diameter: 17.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-1584, described as Sepimk" basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Height: 14.0 cm, diameter: 17.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-1584, described as Sepimk" basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Height: 14.0 cm, diameter: 17.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-1584, described as Sepimk" basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Height: 14.0 cm, diameter: 17.5 cm.

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