Cooking basket (maksha); twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Red pattern is Tule root. Black color is mud-dyed Tule.
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) and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used as general table dish.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21.5 centimeters and height 11.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 23