Teacup

Museum number:
1-14248
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Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Small basket of tea cup model; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root. Braided handle of Tule. Small irregular figures in black.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Reed and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Teacups
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7.3 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For material see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 22
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Teacup, accession number 1-14248, described as Small basket of tea cup model; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root. Braided handle of Tule. Small irregular figures in black.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Teacup, accession number 1-14248, described as Small basket of tea cup model; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root. Braided handle of Tule. Small irregular figures in black.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Teacup, accession number 1-14248, described as Small basket of tea cup model; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root. Braided handle of Tule. Small irregular figures in black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Teacup, accession number 1-14248, described as Small basket of tea cup model; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root. Braided handle of Tule. Small irregular figures in black.

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