Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0473-0001 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Hopper basket | |
| Culture | Yurok | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Minnie Reed (1885-1985) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1955 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots; Conifer roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves | |
| Description | Conical acorn hopper basket with the base removed, woven primarily in plain twining with 3-strand twining on lower sides and lattice twining upper sides; Warp rods are braided at rim; Design is done in bear grass in half-twist overlay and includes units of negative, diagonally stacked triangles and rectangles (repeated 6 times) on upper sides, framed above and below by paired lattice twined rods; This type of basket is placed atop a mortar stone when grinding acorn meal in order to catch the bits of acorn and acorn meal that are discharged with each downward movement of the pestle. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.5, Max Diam = 39.5 | |