Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax), black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Design: tataktak eviyi'hura (tataktak going up hill).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mouth of Salmon River, Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Siskiyou; Mouth of Salmon River
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
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:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters and diameter 19.4 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "AAE, II, 4, Fig 183" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 12
Loans:
S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)