| Catalog Number |
CAS 1988-0008-0004 |
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| Category |
Basketry |
| Object Name |
Key chain ornament |
| Culture |
Klamath River, Yurok / Karuk / Hupa |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
California |
| County |
Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou |
| Other Geographic
Data |
unknown |
| Maker's Name |
Deborah Mason (basketry), Vivien Hailstone (1913-2000) (assembly) |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1988 |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems; Woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems; Porcupine quills; Leather; Dentalium and abalone (Haliotis sp.) shells; Glass beads; Pine nuts; Metal |
| Description |
Key chain consisting of commercial metal ring through which a leather strip is threaded and doubled over and covered with twined basketry cylinder, its ends reinforced with leather; Lower ends of leather strip form long fringes, which surround 3 additional fringes made of red and yellow glass beads, and pine nut, dentalium, and olivella shell beads; Central fringe also has abalone pendant. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Max Diam = 1.9, Length = 16.5 |