Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Very grimy and worn from use. Plain twined. White overlay. Repeating sideways triangle motif.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush basket bowl and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
Acorn mush server.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters and diameter 14 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE, II, 4, p 122, Fig 73. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 78.