Catalog Number |
CAS 0473-0009 |
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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 |