Basket

Museum number:
1-12314
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012314
Alternate number:
1506 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Triangular openwork basket; Warp and weft are split Juniper (Juniperus).
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:
Juniper (wood)
Taxon:
Juniperus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
A general receptacle, also a sifter for wokas seeds and as a grater to remove skin of roots and tubers. Tia; used to clean camas and ipos; roots rubbed on basket to clean off skins.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 42 centimeters and length 82 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "5-4797" Published: "AAE V, 4, Pl.16, Fig.1.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-12314, described as Triangular openwork basket; Warp and weft are split Juniper (Juniperus).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-12314, described as Triangular openwork basket; Warp and weft are split Juniper (Juniperus).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12314, described as Triangular openwork basket; Warp and weft are split Juniper (Juniperus).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12314, described as Triangular openwork basket; Warp and weft are split Juniper (Juniperus).

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