Object class: Cooking baskets / Materials: Wolf lichen / Taxon: Typha latifolia - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12748, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with diagonal red band carrying yellow stripe. Indigenous name: maksha.