Storage basket

Museum number:
1-11707
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Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Bottom in close woven diagonal twined weave. Uppermost course woof below rim is wavy for ornamental effect.
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 and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica and Pinus lambertiana
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Storage basket
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1. Page 82.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11707, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Bottom in close woven diagonal twined weave. Uppermost course woof below rim is wavy for ornamental effect.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11707, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Bottom in close woven diagonal twined weave. Uppermost course woof below rim is wavy for ornamental effect.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11707, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Bottom in close woven diagonal twined weave. Uppermost course woof below rim is wavy for ornamental effect.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11707, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Bottom in close woven diagonal twined weave. Uppermost course woof below rim is wavy for ornamental effect.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Storage basket, accession number 1-11707, described as Storage basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Bottom in close woven diagonal twined weave. Uppermost course woof below rim is wavy for ornamental effect.

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