Basket

Museum number:
1-12699
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012699
Alternate number:
1966 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Minnow basket (chakahotks); twined. Warp is peeled Willow (Salix), weft is peeled and unpeeled Willow. Rim is willow and split Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).
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:
Tule (grass material) and Willow (wood)
Taxon:
Salix and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used to catch small fish at edge of tule.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 51 centimeters and diameter 62 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 19
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-12699, described as Minnow basket (chakahotks); twined. Warp is peeled Willow (Salix), weft is peeled and unpeeled Willow. Rim is willow and split Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-12699, described as Minnow basket (chakahotks); twined. Warp is peeled Willow (Salix), weft is peeled and unpeeled Willow. Rim is willow and split Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12699, described as Minnow basket (chakahotks); twined. Warp is peeled Willow (Salix), weft is peeled and unpeeled Willow. Rim is willow and split Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12699, described as Minnow basket (chakahotks); twined. Warp is peeled Willow (Salix), weft is peeled and unpeeled Willow. Rim is willow and split Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).

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