Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-12751
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2023 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with vertical zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa.
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:
Mud, Porcupine quill, Reed, Tule (grass material), and Wolf lichen
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Letharia vulpina, Phragmites australis, and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 25.8 centimeters and height 12.7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 23
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12751, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with vertical zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12751, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with vertical zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12751, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with vertical zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12751, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. Black pattern is Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with vertical zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa.

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