Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder root (Alnus). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Alder root, Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, and Xerophyllum tenax
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:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10.2 centimeters and diameter 19 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-2507" Published: "AAE II, 4, pl 15, Fig 8; AAE II, 4, p 135 Fig 199" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 87