Basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Close woven conical basket. Large, rounded bottom. Breaks at bottom, near rim. Dirty from use. White overlay floats on back. Lower portion of basket bands of vertical stripes. Portion of main design sketched below. Motif runs in diagonal bands. Dried leaves inside.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Kepel, Klamath River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Kepel
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used for gathering seeds and as cover to storage basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 46 centimeters and diameter 59 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8610. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, Page 79.