Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID Number |
2002.007 |
Artist |
Lane, Alfred (Bud) III |
Title |
Women's Basket Cap |
Date |
2001 |
Medium |
Spruce root, hazel sticks with maiden hair fern and beargrass overlay. |
Dimensions (H x W x D) |
4.5" x 7.5" x 7.5" |
Credit Line |
The George and Colleen Hoyt Art Acquisition Fund |
Culture |
North American / United States / Oregon / Siletz |
Collection |
Native American Art Collection |
Object Name |
Basketry |
Description |
One Siletz basket cap made of spruce root, hazel sticks with maiden hair fern and bear grass overlay with a house ladder design. label copy: Faculty curator Rebecca Dobkins commissioned Bud Lane to create this ceremonial basket cap, with the agreement that the cap may be borrowed back from the museum in order to be worn in ceremonies. Bud and his family intend to borrow the cap twice a year to be worn in the Siletz Naydosh (or Feather) dances. This agreement reflects the Ford Museum's commitment to supporting Northwest contemporary basketry as a lively, vibrant dimension of contemporary Native American life today. |
Exhibit Label Copy |
In the region now known as Northern California and southern Oregon, women's caps have long been highly valued not only for ceremony, but also for everyday use. Alfred "Bud" Lane, Jr., of the Siletz tribe explains the significance of the cap to his community: "The Siletz xee-tr'at, one of the most instantly recognizable ceremonial items that our women wear, is a very strong representation of our people. It represents to us our covenant with the Creator from which the new generations come. In the Feather Dance, our women and girls represent the promise of the Creator that, if we obey His laws, he will send us the new generations." |