Basketry cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule skin (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Tule and twisted Cattail (Urtica). Typha latifolia). Red and black patterns are Tule root. White pattern is Reed (Urtica) Brown color is mud-dyed Tule skin.
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), Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Schoenoplectus acutus, Typha latifolia, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 20.2 centimeters and height 11.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 23