Food basket

Museum number:
1-14224
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Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Food basket; twined. Warp and weft are Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). White patter is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule in mud. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Band in black and yellow, followed by band in black and white.
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:
Porcupine quill, Reed, Tule (grass material), and Wolf lichen
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Letharia vulpina, Phragmites australis, and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 16.5 centimeters and height 6.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue, 1, p. 27
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-14224, described as Food basket; twined. Warp and weft are Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). White patter is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule in mud. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Band in black and yellow, followed by band in black and white.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-14224, described as Food basket; twined. Warp and weft are Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). White patter is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule in mud. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Band in black and yellow, followed by band in black and white.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-14224, described as Food basket; twined. Warp and weft are Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). White patter is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule in mud. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Band in black and yellow, followed by band in black and white.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-14224, described as Food basket; twined. Warp and weft are Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus). White patter is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule in mud. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Band in black and yellow, followed by band in black and white.

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