Basketry hat / CAS 0048-0017

3D Model

Culture: Klamath River

County: Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou

Date of Manufacture: Early 1900s

Materials: Hazel (Corylus cornuta var. californica) shoots; conifer roots; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.); woodwardia fern (Woodwardia sp.) stems; bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves

Dimensions (cm): Height = 8.9, Max Diam = 17.0

Description: Hemispherical woman’s hat with rounded base and sides; woven primarily in plain twining with 3-strand twining on base and near rim; design is in bear grass and woodwardia and maidenhair ferns and is divided into 3 registers; open circle with 5 small pendant triangles decorates the crown; middle register shows serrated-edged triangular motif with diagonal; rim register has parallelograms.