Soup bowl

Museum number:
1-11641
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.284
Description:
Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Vertical stripe design.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
For acorn soup.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 12.8 centimeters and height 7.6 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 p. 78
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-11641, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Vertical stripe design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-11641, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Vertical stripe design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-11641, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Vertical stripe design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soup bowl, accession number 1-11641, described as Acorn basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Vertical stripe design.

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