Food basket

Museum number:
1-12741
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2013 (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. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red and black dyes are Tule root. Brown-black colors are mud-dyed split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739, with red porcupine quills in figure at bottom.
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:
Mud, Porcupine quill, Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Phragmites australis, and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
For eating wokas, etc.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 11.8 centimeters and diameter 22.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 25
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12741, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red and black dyes are Tule root. Brown-black colors are mud-dyed split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739, with red porcupine quills in figure at bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12741, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red and black dyes are Tule root. Brown-black colors are mud-dyed split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739, with red porcupine quills in figure at bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12741, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red and black dyes are Tule root. Brown-black colors are mud-dyed split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739, with red porcupine quills in figure at bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12741, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Red and black dyes are Tule root. Brown-black colors are mud-dyed split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Indigenous name: maksha. Same as 12739, with red porcupine quills in figure at bottom.

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