Carrying basket

Museum number:
1-11691
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in one course several inches below rim. Smoke darkened and coated with grime. Plain twined. Warp ends were braided to form rim, but most of it has broken off. Conical with rounded bottom. Start broken out.
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
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 43 centimeters and 57 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, page 78.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11691, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in one course several inches below rim. Smoke darkened and coated with grime. Plain twined. Warp ends were braided to form rim, but most of it has broken off. Conical with rounded bottom. Start broken out.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11691, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in one course several inches below rim. Smoke darkened and coated with grime. Plain twined. Warp ends were braided to form rim, but most of it has broken off. Conical with rounded bottom. Start broken out.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11691, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in one course several inches below rim. Smoke darkened and coated with grime. Plain twined. Warp ends were braided to form rim, but most of it has broken off. Conical with rounded bottom. Start broken out.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11691, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in one course several inches below rim. Smoke darkened and coated with grime. Plain twined. Warp ends were braided to form rim, but most of it has broken off. Conical with rounded bottom. Start broken out.

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