Burden or gathering basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Soft, closely woven, conical. (nai). Crushed.
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:
Reed and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used for gathering kamas, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
25.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For material see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 27