Food basket

Museum number:
1-12740
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2013 (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). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739 but smaller. Figure a zigzag horizontal stripe of deep red with yellow porcupine quills.
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), Porcupine quill, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
For eating wokas, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8.9 centimeters and diameter 16.7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 26
Loans:
S1961-1962 #65: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (April 17, 1962–September 28, 1962)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12740, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739 but smaller. Figure a zigzag horizontal stripe of deep red with yellow porcupine quills.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12740, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739 but smaller. Figure a zigzag horizontal stripe of deep red with yellow porcupine quills.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12740, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739 but smaller. Figure a zigzag horizontal stripe of deep red with yellow porcupine quills.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12740, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739 but smaller. Figure a zigzag horizontal stripe of deep red with yellow porcupine quills.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12740, described as Food Basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739 but smaller. Figure a zigzag horizontal stripe of deep red with yellow porcupine quills.

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