Basket tray

Museum number:
1-12819
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012819
Alternate number:
2101 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule. Indigenous name: pa'hla.
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:
Lichen, Mud, Nettle (fiber), Porcupine quill, Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basket trays, Trays, and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 29.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 26
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basket tray, accession number 1-12819, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule. Indigenous name: pa'hla.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basket tray, accession number 1-12819, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule. Indigenous name: pa'hla.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-12819, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule. Indigenous name: pa'hla.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket tray, accession number 1-12819, described as Tray basket; twined. Warp is twinsted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Nettle string (Urtica). White pattern is Reed (Urtica). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Black color is mud-dyed Tule. Indigenous name: pa'hla.

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