Cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle (Urtica) string rim. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Tule cap (kma).
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:
Mud, Nettle (fiber), Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21 centimeters and height 10.8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 25