Cooking basket

Museum number:
1-12753
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012753
Alternate number:
2025 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown dye is split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with double horizontal zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa. Bright pink quill on side, possibly a property mark.
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:
Porcupine quill, Reed, Tule (grass material), and Wolf lichen
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Letharia vulpina, Phragmites australis, and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking baskets and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 25.3 centimeters and height 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 31
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12753, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown dye is split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with double horizontal zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa. Bright pink quill on side, possibly a property mark.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12753, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown dye is split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with double horizontal zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa. Bright pink quill on side, possibly a property mark.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12753, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown dye is split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with double horizontal zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa. Bright pink quill on side, possibly a property mark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking basket, accession number 1-12753, described as Cooking basket; twined. Warp is Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Brown dye is split Tule. Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina). Small, with double horizontal zigzag pattern. Indigenous name: maksa. Bright pink quill on side, possibly a property mark.

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