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Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0568
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Basket
Culture	Lilloet
Global Region	North America
Country	Canada
State/Prov./Dist.	British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data	Fraser River area
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. early 1900s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Cedar (Cedrus sp.) splints; Cedar roots; Natural and dyed cherry bark; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves
Description	Rectangular berry gathering basket with flat base and deep, flaring sides, woven in coiling technique over foundation of cedar splints; Primary weft material is cedar roots; Designs are woven of natural (red) and dyed (black) cherry bark and natural straw-colored bear grass and are woven in ribbon beading and imbrication techniques; Designs include band of imbricated V-shaped motifs and a single vertical bar around mid-section but only on ends and one side of basket; Upper half of basket is decorated with three narrow strands of dyed cherry bark and bear grass beaded along each coil (most coils on back side only have 1 or 2 decorative strands); Single row of imbricated fibers frame rim on all four sides; Series of cotton string loops is tied along rim on each long side of basket.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 24.7, Width = 29.4, Length = 35.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0567
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Basket
Culture	Thompson or Fraser River Salish
Global Region	North America
Country	Canada
State/Prov./Dist.	British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data	Thompson and/or Fraser River areas
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. late 1800s to early 1900s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) splints and roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Cherry (Prunus emarginata) bark; Cotton string; Wire
Description	Deep rectangular berry gathering basket with flat base and flaring sides, woven in coiled technique over bundle foundations; Warp material is cedar splints and primary weft material is cedar roots; Designs are woven in imbrication technique, using undyed bear grass leaves, mud-dyed black cherry bark, and possibly natural red cherry bark; Design consist of 10 vertical columns of small stacked cross motifs, woven of undyed bear grass and dyed black cherry bark, edged along sides in black cherry bark; Single band of natural red cherry bark (or possible dyed black cherry bark that has faded) is woven in ribbon beading technique just below imbricated designs; 3 cotton string loops are threaded through upper sides of basket (just below rim) and one additional hole indicates there were originally 4 such loops; Short linear segments of wire that are bent to form semi-loops are woven into final rim coil along both sides of basket.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 13.6, Width = 24.5, Depth = 18.0, Max Diam = 24.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0562
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Basket
Culture	Thompson or Fraser River Salish
Global Region	North America
Country	Canada
State/Prov./Dist.	British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data	Thompson and/or Fraser River areas
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. early 1900s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) splints and roots; Common reed (Phragmites australis) stems or bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Cherry (Prunus emarginata) bark; Cotton string
Description	Deep rectangular berry gathering basket with flat base and flaring sides; Base of basket is woven in plain plaiting technique, while the sides are woven in coiled technique, both over bundle foundations; Warp material is cedar splints and primary weft material is cedar roots; Designs are woven in the imbrication technique, using undyed reed stems or bear grass leaves and natural red and mud-dyed black cherry bark; Design is repeated on each side and end of basket and consists of two stacked and inverted "V" motifs, each with a center vertical bar; Lower motif is woven of reed or bear grass and red cherry bark, while the upper one is woven of reed or bear grass and dyed black cherry bark; Center bar in each motif alternates undyed reed or bear grass and dyed black cherry bark; Single band of undyed reed or bear grass is woven in ribbon beading technique along exterior of final rim coil; Short cotton string loop remains on one upper corner and near center of one side (just below rim); Additional holes along upper sides indicate original position of addition carrying loops.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 18.3, Width = 28.7, Depth = 23.5, Max Diam = 28.7

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0563
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Basket
Culture	Thompson or Fraser River Salish
Global Region	North America
Country	Canada
State/Prov./Dist.	British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data	Thompson and/or Fraser River areas
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. late 1800s to early 1900s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) splints and roots; Common reed (Phragmites australis) stems; Cherry (Prunus emarginata) bark; Cotton and other fiber string
Description	Very large and deep rectangular berry gathering basket with flat base and flaring sides; Base is woven in plain plaiting technique and sides are woven in coiled technique; Warp material is cedar splints and primary weft material is cedar roots; Designs are woven in imbrication technique, using undyed reed stems and both natural red and mud-dyed black cherry bark; Designs on sides and ends consist of large composite zigzags woven of all three materials, with vertical bars at the sides and below that are woven of undyed reeds and dyed black cherry bark; Single band of dyed black cherry bark is woven in ribbon beading technique along exterior of final rim coil; 6 cotton string and other rope fiber loops remain along the upper sides and ends (just below rim) and additional holes indicate original position of additional carrying loops.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 24.2, Width = 44.3, Depth = 37.3, Max Diam = 24.2

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0564
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Basket
Culture	Tlingit
Global Region	North America
Country	Canada
State/Prov./Dist.	British Columbia
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. early 1900s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Spruce (Picea sp.) roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes
Description	Deep round basket with flat base and vertical sides; Small round area in center of base is woven in plain twining, but the major portion of the base is woven in alternate rows of plain twining and simple plaiting; Sides are woven in plain twining technique, except for single row of 3-strand twining at junction of base and sides and 3 rows of 3-strand twining around the rim; Warp and weft material is spruce roots; Designs are woven of dyed spruce roots and dyed and undyed bear grass leaves; On the base the designs include two bands in which one of the weft fibers in the plain twined rows is dyed black, while the weft in the plaited rows is red in one of the bands; Two wide bands woven in plain plaiting of dyed black spruce roots with dyed red framing lines encircle the midsection of the basket and provide a background color for paired rectilinear meander lines woven in false embroidery using undyed bear grass leaves; The pattern also includes red rectangles also woven of bear grass; Rows of 3-strand twining along rim comprise 1 black fiber and possibly 2 red ones.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 20.6, Max Diam = ca. 24.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0566
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Basket
Culture	unknown
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	East or south Africa?
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Plant material
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Max Diam = 13.3, Length = 55.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-2626
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Basket
Culture	unknown
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Plant material
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 16.3, Thickness = 5.6, Length = 59.6

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0561A,B
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Basket with lid
Culture	Yup'ik (Yupik) Eskimo
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	Alaska
County	Bethel?
Other Geographic Data	Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta region, probably
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1920s-1940s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems and leaves; Aniline dyes
Description	Deep round basket with flat base, slightly flared lower sides, and wide inward sloping shoulder starting at midlevel height; Corresponding round lid has short interior lip and tall wide cylindrical knob handle; Both basket and lid are woven in coiled technique over bundle foundation; Warp material is rye grass stems and weft material is rye grass leaves; Designs are woven of dyed rye grass leaves and include 3 green and 3 red rectangles around lower sides of basket, blue band around mid-section, and band of red or green vertical chevrons around upper sides; Designs on lid consist of concentric red and green bands on top knob handle, green band around outer perimeter of shoulder, and band of brown weft fiber woven in ribbon beading technique around inner perimeter of shoulder.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 20.1, Rim Diam = 16.8, Max Diam = 26.4

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-2640
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Knotted bag
Culture	unknown
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Plant fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 15.7, Thickness = 2.5, Length = 62.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-2206
Category	Basketry
Object Name	Knotted bag
Culture	unknown
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Plant fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Thickness = 2.0, Max Diam = 22.0, Length = 37.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0565
Category	Basketry; Weaponry
Object Name	Quiver
Culture	Klamath or Modoc
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.	California, Oregon
County	Modoc, Siskiyou, CA, Klamath, OR
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	early 1900s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Tule or bulrush (Scirpus acutus) stems; Cattail (Typha latifolia) stems; Raffia; Leather
Description	Cylindrical quiver with flat base and vertical sides; Woven primarily on 2-strand twining over tule cordage warps, with 3-strand twining of tule cordage wefts on base and just below rim; Warp ends are reinforced with rod and coil-wrapped in raffia; Designs on exterior sides consist of 2 broad zigzag lines that spiral very gradually from base to rim; Leather loop is attached at rim.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 52.5, Max Diam = 17.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-2627
Category	Bead & Leatherwork
Object Name	Bag
Culture	unknown
Global Region	Sub-Saharan Africa
Country	unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Leather; Cloth
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 28.5, Thickness = 9.3, Length = ca. 59.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-2052
Category	Bead & Leatherwork; Tools & Implements
Object Name	Knife sheath
Culture
Global Region	Europe
Country	unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Leather
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 2.8, Width = 3.3, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 17.3

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1646A,B
Category	Bead & Leatherwork; Tools & Implements
Object Name	Knife sheath
Culture	Italian
Global Region	Europe
Country	Italy
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Leather; Wood
Description	Two piece dark brown leather sheath with top, designs stamped in leather include flowers, hearts and birds with "1765."
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 3.6, Thickness = 3.0, Length = 26.6

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1514
Category	Bead & Leatherwork; Vessels
Object Name	Flask
Culture	unknown
Global Region	South-Central Asia
Country	India, Nepal or China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Leather
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 23.0, Width = 12.7, Thickness = 5.1, Rim Diam = 2.7

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-2089
Category	Bead & Leatherwork; Vessels
Object Name	Pitcher
Culture	English
Global Region	Europe
Country	Great Britain
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Leather
Description	Cylindrical pitcher or jug made entirely of several pieces of leather that have been sewn together up the sides, across the top and around the base; An open narrow diameter neck allows for filling the jug, while a second neck which is sewn shut except for the outermost rim allows for pouring; This item might be related to 17th and 18th Century drinking cups known as blackjack jugs.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 36.9, Width = 14.0, Length = 18.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1036
Category	Carvings
Object Name	Container lid
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 5.8, Max Diam = 26.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1448
Category	Carvings
Object Name	Plate
Culture	European or Euro-American
Global Region	Europe or North America
Country	unknown
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	unknown
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	early 1900s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Wood
Description	Round shallow plate or dish carved from single piece of wood; Interior and exterior base is flat; Sides flare outward slightly; Lip is very broad and flat; Exterior appears to have been stained or painted black.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 2.2, Max Diam = 15.8

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1445
Category	Carvings
Object Name	Spice box
Culture	Swedish-American (?)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	Northern Midwest
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Wood: white oak
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 10.0, Width = 10.0, Length = 28.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-0388
Category	Carvings
Object Name	Spice box
Culture	Swedish-American (?)
Global Region	North America
Country	USA
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data	Northern Midwest
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Wood: white oak
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 10.5, Width = 19.5, Length = 9.0

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