Cap (Kma); twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is Nettle (Urtica) string) and twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root, brown dye is split Tule in mud, yellow dye is porcupine quill (Erethizon dorsatum) in lichen. Has some human hair twined in several areas of the hat wall.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Mud, Nettle (fiber), Porcupine quill, Reed, and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum, Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus acutus, and Urtica
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 22 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4799" Published: AAE V, 4, Pl. 18, Fig. 9
Loans:
S1961-1962 #65: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (April 17, 1962–September 28, 1962)