Hupa Woman's Cap

Twined Basket

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DPR Collections

Name/Title

Hupa Woman's Cap

Description

Beautifully made, very finely woven hat.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Northern California and Oregon

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Hupa
Native American

Dimensions

Height

2-7/8 in

Diameter

6 in

Material

Hazel, Bear Grass, Maidenhair Fern, Pine Root

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Intersecting layered spokes

Twined Finish

Clipped

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Closed Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Twining Design Techniques

Non-Twist Overlay

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Hazel

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Pine Root, Bear Grass, Maidenhair Fern

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)

Twined Construction Notes

The basket is predominantly plain twining, but there is several rows of three strand twining at the base and another at the edge of the base where the basket begins to curve down. Half twist overlay.