Made of knitted wool (?), fez shaped; red wax po design on black; rolled rim; two black red-tipped tassels at center top.
Donor:
Margaret Mathewson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes and Northwestern California tribes
Maker or artist:
Kathy Peters Sherman
Collector:
Margaret Mathewson
Collection date:
circa 1990
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 13 centimeters and diameter 19 centimeters
Comment:
From exhibit text, June 1993: "Basketry has been a vital element in Native California cultures for thousands of years. In recent times, images of baskets, basket-makers, and basketry designs have been used as public markers of Native California identity. These images appear on posters, fliers, pamphlets, business cards, stationery and T-shirts. Both Native groups and non-Indian organizations, such as museums and interpretive associations, use basketry images in this fashion.