Tobacco basket

Museum number:
1-11863
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Grape root (Vitus californica), weft is Redwood roots (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Rim sewn shut, except at one end. Fiber carrying handle at same end as opening. Width flattened from sewing.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Ayotl, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Ayotl
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Grape root, and Redwood root
Taxon:
Sequoia sempervirens, Vitis californica, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tobacco baskets
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Tobacco basket
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 27 centimeters and height 12 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-8603. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, Page 82.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11863, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Grape root (Vitus californica), weft is Redwood roots (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Rim sewn shut, except at one end. Fiber carrying handle at same end as opening. Width flattened from sewing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11863, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Grape root (Vitus californica), weft is Redwood roots (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Rim sewn shut, except at one end. Fiber carrying handle at same end as opening. Width flattened from sewing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11863, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Grape root (Vitus californica), weft is Redwood roots (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Rim sewn shut, except at one end. Fiber carrying handle at same end as opening. Width flattened from sewing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11863, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Grape root (Vitus californica), weft is Redwood roots (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Rim sewn shut, except at one end. Fiber carrying handle at same end as opening. Width flattened from sewing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-11863, described as Tobacco basket; twined. Warp is Grape root (Vitus californica), weft is Redwood roots (Sequoia sempervirens). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Rim sewn shut, except at one end. Fiber carrying handle at same end as opening. Width flattened from sewing.

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