Food basket; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Cattail (Typha latifolia). Brown dye is Tule root (Schoenoplectus acutus). Binding is of Nettle string (Urtica). Large diamond figure in dark red. "Maska.
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:
Basketry (object genre), Masks (costume), and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22.5 centimeters and height 12 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 24