Watch cap; made of commercial knitted artificial fiber; foot design in red on black ground.
Donor:
Margaret Mathewson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Margaret Mathewson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Caps (headgear)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 18 centimeters and width 24 centimeters
Comment:
From exhibit text, June 1993: "Basketry has been a vital element in Native California cultures for thousands of years. In recent times, images of baskets, basket-makers, and basketry designs have been used as public markers of Native California identity. These images appear on posters, fliers, pamphlets, business cards, stationery and T-shirts. Both Native groups and non-Indian organizations, such as museums and interpretive associations, use basketry images in this fashion.