Knotless netting in apocynum fiber with red - painted diamonds and triangles outlined in black. Feather fringe at base.
Donor:
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1971
Taxon:
Apocynum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Head nets
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Dance snood worn by carriers of sacred obsidian blades in White Deerskin dance.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 96 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #66: California State University, East Bay (February 14, 1975–March 12, 1976), S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979), S1980-1981 #15: Clarence E. Smith Museum of Anthropology (CSU East Bay) (September 23, 1980–November 18, 1980), and S2008-2009 #3: Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation (August 18, 2008–December 3, 2008)