Mortar basket

Museum number:
1-9181
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.191
Description:
Mortar basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). Black dye is aged Tule skin.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Mr. Moses
Collection place:
Klamath Lake Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
Klamath Lake Reservation
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1905
Materials:
Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mortar baskets (baskets by function), Mortar baskets (food processing), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters and diameter 33.8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalog 1, p. 29
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-9181, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). Black dye is aged Tule skin.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-9181, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). Black dye is aged Tule skin.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-9181, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). Black dye is aged Tule skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar basket, accession number 1-9181, described as Mortar basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). Black dye is aged Tule skin.

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