Food basket

Museum number:
1-12407
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012407
Alternate number:
1615 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Indigenous name: maksu.
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), Mud, Porcupine quill, Tule (grass material), and Wolf lichen
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Letharia vulpina, 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:
Used to eat from.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 13.9 centimeters and diameter 22.8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 23
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12407, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Indigenous name: maksu.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12407, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Indigenous name: maksu.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12407, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Indigenous name: maksu.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12407, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Indigenous name: maksu.

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