Flat twined plaque shaped tray, for shaking meal. Willow shoot warp, pine root weft. Overlay of Xerophyllum tenax. Fiber wrapped reinforcement of willow shoots below rim on underside of basket.
Donor:
Charles Brockhoff and Lucia Brockhoff
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Mrs. Brizzer
Collection date:
1910
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Twined weaving, and Winnowers (agricultural equipment)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Used by women for winnowing meal.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 25.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #20: Anna Head School/Janice W. Boyce (October 4, 1974–November 7, 1974) and S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979)