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Basket with Triangle and Step-Line Pattern, date unknown Klamath or Modoc culture; Northeaster…
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Basket with Triangle and Step-Line Pattern, date unknown Klamath or Modoc culture; Northeaster…
Basket with Triangle and Step-Line Pattern, date unknown Klamath or Modoc culture; Northeastern California Squaw grass; 3 3/4 x 9 1/4 in 4362 William N. Hamaker Collection

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ClassificationsFurnishings-Accessories-baskets
Culture Klamath
Culture Modoc
Made AtCalifornia, United States, North America
MediumSquaw grass
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (9.5 x 23.5 cm)
Credit LineWilliam N. Hamaker Collection
Object number4362
DescriptionBasket - bowl, twined; warp and weft on bottom, soft rush (probably hazel). Weft on body, stems of squaw grass. Beautiful old gold color produced by age. Ornamentation, steps and triangles in bark of root of red bud. Made by Hat Creek Indians. (Shasta Tribe) living on branch of Pit River, northeastern California. Border formed by braiding down the unused warp stems.
Card 2 KLAMATH-MODOC; BOWL SHAPED BASKET 9" diameter, 3.5" high. This basket, constructed in typical Klamath-Modoc weaving technique of plain, 2 element Z-twining on twisted warps with overlay and wrapped twining, has been decorated with brown triangle and step-line pattern.
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