Burden basket

Museum number:
1-12514
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1736 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Burden basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black pattern is Tule root.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Achumawi
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Reed and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Burden baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 95.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12514, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black pattern is Tule root.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12514, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black pattern is Tule root.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12514, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black pattern is Tule root.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12514, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black pattern is Tule root.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-12514, described as Burden basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black pattern is Tule root.

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