Woman's Basket Cap Maker: Hoopa Valley Tribe

1900–1920

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

The Hoopa Indian people live in the Hoopa Valley in northwest California. Before contact with European-Americans in 1828, they maintained a hunter-gatherer subsistence, based primarily on acorns and salmon. Hoopa women specialized in basketry, and this cap is an example of their fine weaving using native plant materials. The Hoopa now live on California's largest reservation and have striven to keep from being assimilated.

Medium

Grasses and other native plant material

Dimensions

3 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (8.26 × 17.15 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of A. David and Bonnie Frazier Young

Accession Number

2008.106.1

Geography

Made in Hoopa Valley, California

Culture

Native American, Hoopa

Period

20th century

Classification

Apparel/Costume

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Collected by Frank Kellogg Smith, representative of the National Tube Company in South Africa and other locations; by inheritance to stepson George Ira Lancraft VI; by inheritance to wife Bonnie Frazier Lancraft.

Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 125
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

clothing

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