Carrying basket

Museum number:
1-11702
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Flexible truncated cone shape. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.
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 and Billy Work
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:
40 centimeters and height 38 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 83.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11702, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Flexible truncated cone shape. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11702, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Flexible truncated cone shape. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11702, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Flexible truncated cone shape. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11702, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). New openwork carrying basket. Warp crossed in 3d course below rim. Flexible truncated cone shape. Plain twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.

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