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:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
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 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 16 centimeters and height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: Yes. Published: AAE II, 4, p. 119, Fig 33; V. 32 #1 pl 21 b. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p 86. Noted as missing 10/27/1969 by Frank A. Norick and Lawrence E. Dawson; "This basket turned up in a coll. of baskets belonging to Barbara Busch who acquired them from David Peri; spec. now back in coll." (6/26/1970).
Loans:
S1963-1964 #6: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 22, 1963–July 22, 1963), S1977-1978 #8: Mills College/Dorothy Washburn (September 20, 1977–September 21, 1977), and S1992-1993 #17: California State University, Chico (December 4, 1992–June 23, 1993)