Basket cap; twined. Basket cap; twined. No warp. Weft is Alder (Alnus). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum), white pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River area, Northwestern California, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Alnus, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 2.75 inches and length 7.125 inches
Comment:
Photo: "15-8618" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 11