Basket

Museum number:

1-14122

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

22 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.334

Object count:

1

Description:

Large, oval, openwork basket; loop edge bound with bark. Handle at one end. Warp is peeled Willow (Salix) and rim is bound with Willow bark.

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:

Willow (wood)

Taxon:

Salix

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Baskets (containers)

Function:

1.5 Household

Accession date:

1908

Context of use:

Used for cleaning berries by dipping in water.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

length 68.5 centimeters

Comment:

Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 31

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