Basket

Museum number:
1-12750
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012750
Alternate number:
2022 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Red and yellow parallelograms in diagonal pattern. Indigenous name: maska.
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), Porcupine quill, Reed, Tule (grass material), and Wolf lichen
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Letharia vulpina, Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Masks (costume), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10.6 centimeters and diameter 21.8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 23
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-12750, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Red and yellow parallelograms in diagonal pattern. Indigenous name: maska.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket, accession number 1-12750, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Red and yellow parallelograms in diagonal pattern. Indigenous name: maska.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12750, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Red and yellow parallelograms in diagonal pattern. Indigenous name: maska.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12750, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown color is Tule root. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Red and yellow parallelograms in diagonal pattern. Indigenous name: maska.

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