Basket

Museum number:
1-12333
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012333
Alternate number:
1525 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.30, Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Handled basket; twined. Used for fruit packing. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is unsplit Tule and unsplit Cattail (Typha latifolia).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and 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:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 26 centimeters and diameter 60.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, Page 20
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-12333, described as Handled basket; twined. Used for fruit packing. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is unsplit Tule and unsplit Cattail (Typha latifolia).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-12333, described as Handled basket; twined. Used for fruit packing. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is unsplit Tule and unsplit Cattail (Typha latifolia).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12333, described as Handled basket; twined. Used for fruit packing. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is unsplit Tule and unsplit Cattail (Typha latifolia).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12333, described as Handled basket; twined. Used for fruit packing. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is unsplit Tule and unsplit Cattail (Typha latifolia).

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