Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle (Urtica) string. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red dye is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Lines and dots in red, brown, and white overlaid.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Klamath Lake, Klamath County, Central Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
Klamath Lake
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and D. Moses
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Cattail (material), Nettle (fiber), Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, Typha latifolia, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 13.9 centimeters, length 6.7 centimeters, and width 14.7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary C. 1, P. 23