Basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black and red dyes are Tule root. Nettle (Urtica) string rim. Diminuitive basket. Diagonal stripes of black.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Nettle (fiber), Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters and diameter 13 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue, 1, p. 22