Twined basketry. Multiple encircling design bands in red and black materials include triangles and fret - like design. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". There is a swastika in ink on the inside. Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.5 inch of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is another weft row of lattice twining. After that plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is trimmed. The background overlay is red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot there is an inch of conifer root with no overlay. After that is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern, followed by horizontal band beargrass triangles. After that is a horizontal band of beargrass with woodwardia rectangles inside it. The main design band is comprised of horizontal frets and triangles. That is followed by a band of beargrass with woodwardia rectangles inside it. At the rim there are five groups of three beargrass triangles and one group of two triangles. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay only is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Karuk based on the extensive use of red-dyed woodwardia.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Frank Bishop and Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
ca. 1900
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