Excerpt from Goddard's ethnography of the Hupa of northern California, describing women's basket making. It covers the gathering and preparation of hazel and willow ribs, conifer and deciduous tree roots, bear-grass, maidenhair fern and giant fern, and the dyes used (alder bark, lichen, Oregon grape). It describes the twined construction of the baskets and the forms made: burden baskets, cradles, cooking baskets, storage baskets, acorn pans and women's caps. The text explains the geometric design elements and their Hupa names, with line figures and plates of baskets and materials. A short passage on dentalium shell money follows at the end.

Type

Article

Date

1903

Language

English

Pages

27

Archive notes

Excerpt from "Life and Culture of the Hupa"