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Catalog Number |
CAS 0473-0020 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (alder bark) | |
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 | Alder bark (Alnus oregana) | |
Description | Sample of alder tree bark and wood chips, used as dye source for basket weaving materials to produce reddish-brown color. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 4.7, Thickness = 1.2, Length = ca. 11.8 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0011-0003 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (bear grass leaves) | |
Culture | Hupa, Yurok | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Humboldt, Del Norte | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | LaVerne Glaze | |
Date of Manufacture | 2003 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
Description | Bundle of sun-bleached bear grass leaves, to be used as secondary overlay weft material by numerous California Indian basket weavers, particularly throughout northern California; Bundle is tied with several strips of commercial red print fabric. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = ca. 5.0, Length = ca. 64.0 |
Catalog Number | CAS 0425-0074E | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (bear grass) | |
Culture | Tolowa | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou | |
Other Geographic Data | ||
Maker's Name | N/A | |
Date of Manufacture | 1976 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
Description | Bundle of approximately 20 to 25 bear grass leaves of varying lengths; Used by basket weavers from many Northern California tribes as decorative overlay weft fiber. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 2.1, Length = ca. 49.0 |
Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0008-0008 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (bear grass) | |
Culture | various Northern California tribes | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Trinity | |
Other Geographic Data | Trinity Alps area | |
Maker's Name | Margaret Mathewson | |
Date of Manufacture | 1988 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
Description | Bundle of bear grass leaves that have been dried and bleached in sun, sorted by length, and then braided for storage. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.3, Thickness = 1.9, Length = ca. 53.0 |
Catalog Number | CAS 0473-0011 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (bear grass) | |
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 | Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
Description | Bundle of bear grass leaves of varying lengths; Used by many California basket weavers as decorative overlay weft fiber. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 7.0, Length = ca. 52.0 |
Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0008-0011 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (bracken fern roots) | |
Culture | Mono | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Madera | |
Other Geographic Data | North Fork vicinity | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1988 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Bracken fern (Pteridium sp.) roots | |
Description | Circular bundle of filaments from interior of bracken fern roots, peeled and dyed in water bath with acorns, walnuts, and rusted nails for 2 months; Wrapped in strip of loosely woven fabric; In opinion of 4 basket weavers, the white connecting tissue was not properly and completely removed from these filaments prior to the dyeing, resulting in poor color saturation. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 1.6, Max Diam = 10.5 |
Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0008-0009 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (conifer roots) | |
Culture | unidentified California Indian | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1988 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Pine roots (Pinus ponderosa) | |
Description | 3 flat ribbon-like sections that have been split from a larger pine root; These examples represent the first of several stages; In subsequent stages, these would be soaked and softened by running them over the edge of a knife and then split into fine threads for use as weft fibers in basket weaving. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.3, Thickness = 0.4, Length = ca. 42.5 |
Catalog Number | CAS 1988-0008-0010 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (conifer roots) | |
Culture | unidentified California Indian | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1988 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Conifer (Pinus ponderosa) roots | |
Description | Bundle of conifer roots that have been finely split and sized, for use as weft fibers in basketry medallions. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 2.4, Length = ca. 28.0 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 2011-0005-0001 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (deer grass stems) | |
Culture | North Fork Mono | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Sandy Clark | |
Date of Manufacture | 2011 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Deer grass (Muhlenbergia rigens) stems; Cotton twill tape | |
Description | Bundle of unprocessed deer grass stems, wrapped with length of white cotton twill tape; For use as a foundation in coiled baskets, each stem would be stripped of its leaves and seeds by holding the distal end in one’s fingers and then pulling the entire stem through a pair of roughened corncobs, or in modern times, using a scouring pad, working from top to bottom of the stem; For use, several stems would be gathered into a small bundle. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = ca. 5.0, Length = ca. 91.0 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0442-0007A | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (Devil's claw) | |
Culture | Apache, Tohono O’odham (Papago), Akimel O’odham (Pima), or Chemehuevi | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California, Arizona | |
County | Imperial, CA, Pima, Yuma, AZ? | |
Other Geographic Data | Southern areas of both states | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s to 1960s | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) | |
Description | Circular bundle of split devil's claw seed pod fibers for use as basket weaving weft fibers; For actual use, these fibers would be split one or more additional times, depending upon the size of the sewing elements desired. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = ca. 2.5, Max Diam = ca. 11.0, Length = ca. 15.5 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0442-0007B | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (Devil's claw) | |
Culture | Apache, Tohono O’odham (Papago), Akimel O’odham (Pima), or Chemehuevi | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California, Arizona | |
County | Imperial, CA, Pima, Yuma, AZ? | |
Other Geographic Data | Southern areas of both states | |
Maker's Name | N/A | |
Date of Manufacture | unknown, possibly ca. 1970 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) pod | |
Description | Unprocessed devil's claw seed pod; Used by basket weavers of several Southwestern (Apache, Tohono O’odham, Akimel O’odham, Chemehuevi) tribes as weft fiber. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Height = 14.0, Width = ca. 9.5, Length = ca. 23.0 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 2018-0002-0006 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (Devil's claw) | |
Culture | Tohono O’odham (Papago) | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
County | Pima | |
Other Geographic Data | Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation | |
Maker's Name | ||
Date of Manufacture | ca. 2017 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) | |
Description | Bundle of Devil's claw (Martynia sp.) fibers, used as weft material by basket weavers from several Southwestern tribes, especially Tohono O’odham and Akimel O’odham. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 3.6, Length = 17.4 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0008-0005 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (dyed porcupine quills) | |
Culture | unidentified California Indian | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | N/A | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1988 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Porcupine quills | |
Description | Approx. 55 to 60 large-diameter porcupine quills, dyed yellow with wolf moss or tree lichen; Used by basket weavers of several Northern California tribes as decorative overlay weft fiber. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 0.3, Length = 6.8 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0473-0021 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (dyed quills) | |
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 | Porcupine quills | |
Description | Approx. 80 to 90 porcupine quills dyed yellow with wolf moss or tree lichen; Used by basket weavers of several Northern California tribes as a decorative overlay weft fiber. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 0.2, Length = 5.5 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0011-0005A-D | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (dyed woodwardia fern stems) | |
Culture | Hupa, Yurok | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Humboldt, Del Norte | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | LaVerne Glaze | |
Date of Manufacture | 2003 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems | |
Description | Four coiled bundles of woodwardia fern stems that have been split and dyed a rust brown color with alder bark, for use as a decorative overlay weft fiber by numerous California Indian basket weavers, particularly those in northwestern California; Each bundle is self-tied. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = A=4.9; B=5.6; C=5.0; D=5.6, Thickness = A=1.3; B=1.3; C=1.9; D=1.9, Length = A=9.4; B=7.6; C=9.1; D=11.0 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 0442-0007C | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (dyed woodwardia fern stems) | |
Culture | unidentified California Indian | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | N/A | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. early to mid 1900s | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems | |
Description | Coiled bundle of split and dyed woodwardia fern stems; Used by many California basket weavers as a decorative overlay weft fiber. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 5.6, Max Diam = ca. 13.5 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0008-0006 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (dyed woodwardia fern stems) | |
Culture | various Northern California tribes | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | 1987 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems | |
Description | Small circular bundle of inner filaments from woodwardia fern stems, dyed with alder bark. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 1.1, Max Diam = 8.7 |
Catalog Number | CAS 0473-0009 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (dyed woodwardia fern stems) | |
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 | Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems | |
Description | Bundle of woodwardia fern stems that have been split, sized, dyed with alder bark, and coiled into a figure-8 pattern bundle; Used by numerous California basket weavers as a decorative overlay weft material. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 14.0, Thickness = 3.0, Length = ca. 28.0 |
Catalog Number | CAS 0425-0074B | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (hazel shoots) | |
Culture | Tolowa | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou | |
Other Geographic Data | ||
Maker's Name | Bernice Humphrey | |
Date of Manufacture | 1976 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots | |
Description | Bundle of approximately 30 peeled hazel shoots of varying lengths; Used as warp fibers in twined baskets by basket weavers of several Northern California tribes; These examples are left from an unfinished Klamath River hat (CAS 0425-0074A) commissioned by CAS staff. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 1.5, Length = ca. 40.0 |
Catalog Number |
CAS 2003-0011-0004 | |
Category | Basketry; Raw Materials | |
Object Name | Basketry materials (maidenhair fern stems) | |
Culture | Hupa, Yurok | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
County | Humboldt, Del Norte | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | LaVerne Glaze | |
Date of Manufacture | 2003 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems | |
Description | Bundle of numerous maidenhair fern stems which have been stripped of their leaves and stored for later use as a decorative weft material by numerous California Indian basket weavers, particularly throughout northern California; Prior to use, each stem would be further processed by removing and discarding the center portion, leaving only the shiny black outer skin; Bundle is tied with dyed black raffia grass. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 14.0, Length = ca. 56.0 |
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