Fish platter

Museum number:
1-12502b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1721 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Fish platter; twined. Warp and weft are unsplit Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Trout for eating. Mat to serve roast fish, etc. and also used for drying fish.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "kamalsh mehiash" (of fish); "shaplash" (mat). Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 30". Additional original number: 1723.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fish platter, accession number 1-12502b, described as Fish platter; twined. Warp and weft are unsplit Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish platter, accession number 1-12502b, described as Fish platter; twined. Warp and weft are unsplit Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus).

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