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NA9034

From: Oregon | Upper Klamath Lake

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9034
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Klamath (uncertain) | Modoc
Provenience Oregon | Upper Klamath Lake
Culture Area Plateau Culture Area
Section American
Technique Basketry
Description

Coarse weave. Vase-shaped. Flat bottom with flange. Rim with tripple looped cord. Weave: bands of five rows of two-ply twiing alternating with bands of checker made by passing four rows of twisted fibre under four and over four vertical twisted warp elements. The 'check' bands are bordered above ad below by a row of three-strand twining.

Height 11.43 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918
Other Number 74 - Field No SF

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