Basket Skull Cap & Drinking Cup
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875 to 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Stephen Powers
label: Donor Name
content: Stephen Powers
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM THE ACCESSION FILE, "LIST OF ARTICLES COLLECTED FROM THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA, IN 1875 AND 1876, BY STEPHEN POWERS": "19644, 'TSEEDAH,' SKULL-CAP AND DRINKING CUP OF WILLOW BASKET-WORK; SERVES FOR BOTH PURPOSES INDIFFERENTLY." ... PROVENIENCE NOTE: THE ABOVE IS ON THE PART OF THE LIST UNDER THE SUBHEADING OF "PIUTES, WALKER LAKE, NEVADA." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BASKET HATS OF THE UTE INDIANS (SHOSHONEAN STOCK). MADE OF WILLOW AND OTHER TWIGS IN TWINED WEAVING. SOME OF THEM ARE PLAIN, AND UPON OTHERS GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS ARE PRODUCED BY THE ALTERNATE USE OF THE BARK AND THE INNER SIDE OF THE SPLINTS OR BY THE USE OF DYED SPLINTS. THESE HATS ARE ALSO USED AS DISHES IN THE PREPARATION AND SERVING OF FOOD. NEVADA AND UTAH. 14,304; 14,305; 14,319; 19,644; 11,842. COLLECTED BY STEPHEN POWERS AND J. W. POWELL."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Walker Lake, Mineral County, Nevada, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Paiute
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004856
label: USNM Number
content: E19644-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket