Twined basketry hat. Triangular design; white and red overlay designs; major design motif is two diagonally linked triangles paralled by a zig-zag, both of which are connected below.
Donor:
Mrs. Robert Griesche
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Wiyot
Collector:
Mrs. Robert Griesche
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Hats, and Twined weaving
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1963
Context of use:
Woman's hat.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and diameter 17.5 centimeters