Basket (maksha); twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). Red-brown pattern is Tule root. White dye is twisted Cattail (Typha latifolia).
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:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as general table dish.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7.7 centimeters and diameter 14.8 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4799" Published: "AAE V4, Pl. 18, fig. 4" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 26