Food basket

Museum number:
1-12270
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012270
Alternate number:
1460 (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). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Brown dye is Tule skin in mud.
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, Porcupine quill, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 12.3 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, Page 26
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12270, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Brown dye is Tule skin in mud.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12270, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Brown dye is Tule skin in mud.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12270, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Brown dye is Tule skin in mud.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12270, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Brown dye is Tule skin in mud.

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