Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0516-0007 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Klamath River or Hupa | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots; Conifer roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
| Description | Globose tobacco storage basket with flat base and round sides sloping inward toward rim; Woven primarily in plain twining with 3-strand twining on base and lattice twining just below rim; Leather thong inside mouth is lashed to rim with running-stitch buckskin thong; Design is in bear grass and consists of 3 negative, terraced diagonal zigzags flanked by triangles (arrowhead and snake pattern). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 18.1, Rim Diam = 12.5, Max Diam = 25.4 | |