Carrying basket

Museum number:
1-11690
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010011690
Accession number:
Acc.285
Description:
Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Smoke darkened and grimy from use. Most of rim gone. 2 holes. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 top rows more closely twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.
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
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carrying baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
48 centimeters and height 45 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 78/
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11690, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Smoke darkened and grimy from use. Most of rim gone. 2 holes. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 top rows more closely twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11690, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Smoke darkened and grimy from use. Most of rim gone. 2 holes. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 top rows more closely twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11690, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Smoke darkened and grimy from use. Most of rim gone. 2 holes. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 top rows more closely twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11690, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Smoke darkened and grimy from use. Most of rim gone. 2 holes. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 top rows more closely twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carrying basket, accession number 1-11690, described as Carrying basket; twined. Warp and weft are Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). Openwork carrying basket. Smoke darkened and grimy from use. Most of rim gone. 2 holes. Truncated cone shape. Plain twined. 3 top rows more closely twined. Warp ends braided to form rim.

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