Wokas tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule.
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:
Lichen, Mud, Nettle (fiber), Porcupine quill, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket trays, Trays, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 50 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 26
Loans:
S1964-1965 #41: Art Department (SF State University)/Lawrence E. Dawson (December 15, 1964–December 15, 1964), S1973-1974 #53: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 22, 1974–January 26, 1974), S1974-1975 #49: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (January 14, 1975–January 20, 1975), and S1976-1977 #48: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/Lawrence E. Dawson (February 12, 1977–February 12, 1977)