Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Basketry cap. Woman's. Old and grimy. Plain twined. Start and 2 single rows defining design zones are in 3 strand twining. Single faced overlay. Horizontal stripes of maidenhair fern bordered with white grass.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Domingo of Weitchpec
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
May have been used as a mush server
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 9 centimeters and diameter 17.5 centimeters