Food basket

Museum number:
1-12806
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2081 (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, Nettle (Urtica), and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown dye is aged Tule skin (split).
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), Nettle (fiber), and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus, Typha latifolia, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22.1 centimeters and height 11.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 29" Indigenous name: maksha.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12806, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule, Nettle (Urtica), and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown dye is aged Tule skin (split).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Food basket, accession number 1-12806, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule, Nettle (Urtica), and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown dye is aged Tule skin (split).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12806, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule, Nettle (Urtica), and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown dye is aged Tule skin (split).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Food basket, accession number 1-12806, described as Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule, Nettle (Urtica), and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black pattern is Tule root. Brown dye is aged Tule skin (split).

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