Basket

Museum number:
1-11868
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rumitesk basket with braided edge and close woven band near border.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Requa, Klamath (CDP), Del Norte County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Requa
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Captain Spott
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Alder root, Beargrass, Chain fern, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, Corylus cornuta californica, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-8704. Published: AAE v 32# 1, Pl. 53. For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 87.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-11868, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rumitesk basket with braided edge and close woven band near border.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-11868, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rumitesk basket with braided edge and close woven band near border.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-11868, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rumitesk basket with braided edge and close woven band near border.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-11868, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Rumitesk basket with braided edge and close woven band near border.

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