Food basket; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and Cattail (Typha latifolia). Yellow dye is Porcupine quills (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Brown dye is Tule skin in mud.
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), Mud, Porcupine quill, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Typha latifolia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 12.3 centimeters and height 7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, Page 26