Toy basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Cattail (Typha latifolia). Red pattern is Tule root. Brown color is mud-dyed split Tule skin.
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), Mud, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7.1 centimeters and diameter 14.4 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For material see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 26