Basket material

Museum number:
1-214020
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010214020
Alternate number:
2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1437
Description:
Basketry material. Fiber; bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath (CDP), Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Del Norte; Klamath
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
August 1961
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketmaking supplies
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
Used in basketry making. Younger leaves pulled out of center of growing plant are used--older leaves too hard and tough to use. These young leaves form the white overlay material of baskets. These overlay spruce root or willow root fibers which form the
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: "Ha mo--bear grass grown up in higher mountains. Is gathered in spring.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket material, accession number 1-214020, described as Basketry material. Fiber; bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket material, accession number 1-214020, described as Basketry material. Fiber; bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket material, accession number 1-214020, described as Basketry material. Fiber; bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-214020, described as Basketry material. Fiber; bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-214020, described as Basketry material. Fiber; bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket material, accession number 1-214020, described as Basketry material. Fiber; bear grass, Xerophyllum tenax.

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