Treasure basket

Museum number:
1-9311
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
185 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Small trinket basket on string, browned by smoke. Broken.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Martin's Ferry, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Martin's Ferry
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Hazel shoots and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica and Pinus lambertiana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Treasure baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 87.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-9311, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Small trinket basket on string, browned by smoke. Broken.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-9311, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Small trinket basket on string, browned by smoke. Broken.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-9311, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Small trinket basket on string, browned by smoke. Broken.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Treasure basket, accession number 1-9311, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is also Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Small trinket basket on string, browned by smoke. Broken.

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