Cap basket; twined. Warp is possibly Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Alder (Alnus rubra). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum). Design near border. Black and white design in middle of basket.
Donor:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection place:
Maple Creek, Mad River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Maple Creek
Culture or time period:
Whilkut
Maker or artist:
Betsy
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Alder root, Hazel shoots, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Alnus rubra, and Corylus cornuta californica
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:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and diameter 17.6 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-8650; 15-4883" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 66" "Design near border: tcestceneL; black and white in middle of basket: kinnillai. Materials; Black is maidenhair fern, body of basket fir roots. tcimmetcwin kaiye.