Basketry cap
Yurok
California culture
early 20th century
Conifer root, beargrass, hazel, giant fern, maidenhair fern, and alder bark
Overall: 3 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (9.5 × 17.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
51.27.12817
Geography
Place Made: Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity, Klamath River, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: California Culture
Not on view
Exhibition History
Survival/Art/History: American Indian Collections from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, November 18, 2000-April 7, 2002.
Provenance
Robert T. Emery (1918-2005), Lebanon, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1951.
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