Cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is mud-dyed split Tule.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Mr. Moses
Collection place:
Klamath Lake Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
Klamath Lake Reservation
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cattail (material), Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10.3 centimeters and diameter 22.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalog 1, p. 29