Small basket of tea cup model; twined. Warp and weft are twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus). White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root. Braided handle of Tule. Small irregular figures in black.
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:
Reed and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Teacups
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 7.3 centimeters and diameter 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For material see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 22