Basketry Cap
Modoc
California culture
about 1900
Tule, beargrass, cotton twine, aniline dye
Overall: 4 5/16 × 7 7/8 in. (11 × 20 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9346
Geography
Place Made: Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Not on view
Exhibition History
Native Ecologies: Recycle, Resist, Protect, Sustain, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 17-December 30, 2019.
Provenance
Unknown maker, Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory (Oklahoma); acquired by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Oklahoma, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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