Basketry cap

Modoc
California culture

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about 1900

Tule, beargrass, cotton twine, and aniline dye

Overall: 3 7/8 × 7 3/8 in. (9.9 × 18.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.9340

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

Provenance

Unknown maker, 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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