Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown dye is split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Broad zigzag design in black and yellow.
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:
Porcupine quill, Reed, Tule (grass material), and Wolf lichen
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Letharia vulpina, Phragmites australis, and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 19.5 centimeters and height 10.7 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4799" Published: "A.A.E. V, Pl. 18, fig. 8" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 31