Basket Hat (Kai-Choats)

Object Details

Collector

Major John W. Powell

Donor Name

Major John W. Powell

FROM CARD: "11829-43. FOR INDIVIDUAL SPECIMENS SEE FOLLOWING CARDS: 11829, ORIG.#200, 11830, ORIG.#202, 11831, ORIG.#203, 11832, ORIG.#204, 11833, ORIG.#205, 11834, ORIG.#206, 11835, ORIG.#207, 11836, ORIG.#208, 11837, ORIG.#209, 11838, ORIG.#210, 11839, ORIG.#211, 11840, ORIG.#212, 11841, ORIG.#213, 11842, ORIG.#214, 11843, ORIG.#215."

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."

“Southern Paiute, Southern Utah” is a distinction observed by Fowler and Matley (1979) when specific band identification was not possible. “Southern Paiute. Southern Utah refers in general to the bands that Powell encountered in southern Utah and the Arizona Strip (that portion of present-day Arizona north of the Grand Canyon), i.e., the Kaibab, Uinkarets, Unkakaniguts and Shivwits.” [see: Fowler and Matley (1979), p. 5-6]

Culture attribution per Fowler and Matley (1979)

Record Last Modified

30 Jul 2020

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Paiute, Southern

Accession Date

1 Dec 1872

Accession Number

002357

USNM Number

E11842-0

Object Type

Hat

Place

Southern, Utah, United States, North America

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NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8332884

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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