Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). 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:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine (pinus lambertinana)
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, 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 17.8 centimeters and height 8.1 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE II, 4, pp 118-119. Figs 22 & 32. Vol 32 #1 pl 25 b. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 86.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #41: Art Department (SF State University)/Lawrence E. Dawson (December 15, 1964–December 15, 1964) and S1977-1978 #8: Mills College/Dorothy Washburn (September 20, 1977–September 21, 1977)