Undecorated hat or basket. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined man's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root. There is no weft overlay. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1.25 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Donor:
Mrs. Charles C. Cushing
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
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:
1955
Context of use:
May be food serving basket.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 18.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #31: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (1960–July 21, 1967)