Hupa or Yurok Salmon Serving Tray

Twined Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Hupa or Yurok Salmon Serving Tray

Description

Nice bowl-shaped, primarily open work salmon serving tray with four decorated areas on the rim consisting of approximately an inch of coils of bear grass on either side of an inch of maidenhair fern.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Northern California and Oregon

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Hupa
Native American

Dimensions

Height

3-1/2 in

Diameter

10 in

Material

Hazel, Pine Root, Bear Grass, Maidenhair Fern

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Intersecting layered spokes

Twined Finish

Compound binding, coiled finish

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Open Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Additional Twining Types

Three Strand Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Hazel

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Pine Root

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)

Twined Construction Notes

There are two bands of reinforcing three strand twining on the base just about where the bowl flares up.