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). Dress cap, plain twining with overlay. 3 strand twining at rim somewhat damaged. 2 encircling design bands define design zone. 'Xerophyllum tenax' floated on both back and front under red or brown designs. Main motif is red or brown parallelograms with white features within (badly faded). Grimy and worn.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Wakhtek, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Wakhtek
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine root
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:
1907
Context of use:
Woman's dress cap. Perhaps also used as a mush server.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 18 centimeters and height 9.5 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, Page 86. Original catalogue card filed in accession envelope.