Twined basketry. Plain twining, lattice twining, and 3-strand twining; pine root weft; overlay of Xerophyllum leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and Woodwardia fern fiber. Designs in straw color, black and rust red on brown ground. Hemispherical shape slightly peaked.
Donor:
Virginia Peck Jurgensen
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Shasta
Collector:
J. W. Peck
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Woman's hat.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 16.6 centimeters and height 9.6 centimeters
Comment:
References: "reminiscent of some Karok hats e.g. 1-1799, 1800". Made by: women.