Food basket

Museum number:
1-12808
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2083 (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). Red pattern is Tule skin. Black dye is Tule skin in mud. 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), Mud, 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
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17 centimeters and height 9.4 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 26
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12808, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Red pattern is Tule skin. Black dye is Tule skin in mud. Indigenous name: maksha.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12808, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Red pattern is Tule skin. Black dye is Tule skin in mud. Indigenous name: maksha.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12808, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Red pattern is Tule skin. Black dye is Tule skin in mud. Indigenous name: maksha.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12808, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Red pattern is Tule skin. Black dye is Tule skin in mud. Indigenous name: maksha.

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