Paiute Basketry Hat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1874
name: label: Collector
content: Major John W. Powell
label: Donor Name
content: Major John W. Powell
notes: label: Notes
content: 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 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: Notes
content: Identified as Paiute in original cataloging. Changed at some point to Ute based on exhibit label. Returned to Paiute designation 2016.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South, Utah, 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: 74A00055
label: USNM Number
content: E14304-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat