Newly made, closely woven basket. Material: fir root. Many hairs are woven into basket. Twined.
Donor:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection place:
Maple Creek, Mad River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Maple Creek
Culture or time period:
Whilkut
Maker or artist:
Betsy
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Fir root
Taxon:
Abies
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used for cooking acorn soup.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 17.7 centimeters and diameter 24.2 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-8630" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 17" "Design called tcastceneL.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #41: Art Department (SF State University)/Lawrence E. Dawson (December 15, 1964–December 15, 1964), S1968-1969 #85: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 26, 1969–February 26, 1969), and S1973-1974 #53: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 22, 1974–January 26, 1974)