Woman's cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Cattail (Typha latifolia). Brown dye is Tule root. Rim of twisted Tule with warp strands. Small, very old, with red striped figure. Indigenous name: kala.
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) and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used to eat woks from.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8.1 centimeters and diameter 17.8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue, Page 29