Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Brown pattern is Tule root. Small, straight, flat-bottomed basket (maksha). Plain-twined tule.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Cattail (material) and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9.8 centimeters and diameter 14 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4799" Published: "AAE V, 4, Pl. 18 fig. 3" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 23