Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-11832
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Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Shregon, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Shregon
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
For acorn soup.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, Page 86.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11832, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11832, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11832, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-11832, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax).

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