Cooking basket, maksha; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Cattail (Typha latifolia). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black color is mud-dyed split Tule. Elliptical, with black diamond figure.
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), Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 29.5 centimeters, length 29.3 centimeters, and length 11.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 24