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Collector:
Dr. John W. Hudson  Search this
Donor Name:
Bureau Of American Ethnology  Search this
Diameter - Object:
9.53 cm
Culture:
Pomo  Search this
Object Type:
Basket
Place:
California, United States, North America
Accession Date:
12 Aug 1899
Notes:
FROM CARD: "MATERIALS, PREPARED ROOT OF KAHUM, CAREX MENDOCINOENSIS, AND DYED ROOT OF A CAREX (TSUWIC.)" FROM CARD: "203,397 A. OBLONG BASKET JAR OF THE YOKAIA INDIANS (KULANAPAN STOCK). MADE FROM THE PREPARED ROOT OF KAHUM, OR CALIFORNIA SEDGE (CAREX MENDOCINENSIS), AND BLACK ROOT TSUWIC, A CAREX, OR SEDGE, IN A STYLE OF COILED SEWING CALLED TSAI, IN WHICH A SINGLE ROD CONSTITUTES THE WARP. THE SEWING PASSES OVER THIS ROD, UNDER THE PRECEDING ONE, AND LOCKS IN THE STITCH IMMEDIATELY UNDERNEATH. ORNAMENTATION, ON THE SIDE, RECTANGLES IN BLACK, THE ENDS COVERED WITH A TRIANGULAR PATTERN WITH POINTS PROJECTING UPWARD. DIAMETER, 3 3/4INCHES. RUSSIAN RIVER, CALIFORNIA, 1898. 203,397. FROM THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. COLLECTED BY DR. J. W. HUDSON."
Record Last Modified:
30 Jul 2020
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
035435
USNM Number:
E203397-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31c7367b5-173c-482a-a83c-52f519453f91
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8355961