| Catalog Number |
CAS 0473-0018 |
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| Category |
Basketry; Raw Materials |
| Object Name |
Basketry materials (staghorn lichen on wood) |
| Culture |
Yurok / Karuk / Hupa |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
California |
| County |
Humboldt, Del Norte |
| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Vivien Hailstone (1913-2000) |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. mid 1970s |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Wood; Staghorn lichen (Evernia vulpina) |
| Description |
Length of deadfall wood with heavy overgrowth of stag horn lichen (also known as wolf moss); Used as yellow dye source for dyeing bear grass and porcupine quills. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = ca. 10.0, Thickness = 6.6, Length = ca. 66.0 |