Basketry Hat Item Number: 05.588.7464 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
The Hupa basketry hat (05.588.7464) is on the left in photograph and the Yurok basketry hat (05.588.7515) is on the right. When these hats were collected in 1905 they were treasured items of Hupa women and they remain so today. This basketry hat was collected by Stewart Culin directly from the weaver, Mary, when he saw it in her home.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1899
What
- Name
- Basketry Hat
- Identification Number
- 05.588.7464
- Type of Item
- basketry hat
- Material
- fibre
- Overall
- length 3.3125 in, width 6.4375 in
Who
- Culture
- Hupa
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)