Klamath
Woman’s Hat
Klamath, Late 19th century
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Klamath
Woman’s Hat
Klamath, Late 19th century
Physical Qualities
Cedar root, grass, 4 1/4 × 7 in. (10.8 × 17.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Florence Reese Winslow
Object Number
1953.220.B.63
If you look under the rim of this hat, you will see that the designs on the inside and the outside are identical. This effect is created with full-twist overlay twining using double wefts (photo): two wefts are twined as a pair and given a full twist each time they pass around the warp. The more common way to produce identical interior and exterior designs is to use a single weft, which passes around the warp without twists.
Photo:
C. Fallon, The Art of the Indian Basket in North America, 1975
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1953; Florence Reese Winslow, Baraboo, WI.
Katzenberg, D. S., & Baltimore Museum of Art. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West : [exhibition]. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:95
Inscribed: None.
