Food basket

Museum number:
1-12749
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2021 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Small, with very large diamond pattern in red carrying yellow stripe. Indigenous name: maksha.
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), Porcupine quill, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 13.4 centimeters and diameter 24.7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 26
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12749, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Small, with very large diamond pattern in red carrying yellow stripe. Indigenous name: maksha.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12749, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Small, with very large diamond pattern in red carrying yellow stripe. Indigenous name: maksha.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12749, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Small, with very large diamond pattern in red carrying yellow stripe. Indigenous name: maksha.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12749, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Small, with very large diamond pattern in red carrying yellow stripe. Indigenous name: maksha.

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