Sifter

Museum number:
1-12341
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012341
Alternate number:
1533 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Sifter, unfinished; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris).
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:
Nettle (fiber), Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 79 centimeters and 40 centimeters
Comment:
Description: "(pahla)" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 25
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sifter, accession number 1-12341, described as Sifter, unfinished; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sifter, accession number 1-12341, described as Sifter, unfinished; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 1-12341, described as Sifter, unfinished; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sifter, accession number 1-12341, described as Sifter, unfinished; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris).

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