Abalone Shell Basket Hat from California
Compiled from information posted by [south fork]
These drilled abalone shell pieces were recovered from a construction site in El Dorado County, California.
The possible reconstruction to a set of adornments sewn onto a basket hat made from materials such as willow or red bud comes from comparison to old photographs in the California state archives.
More than 80 pieces were recovered from the site, although they haven’t all been used in the partial reconstruction above.
Compiled from information posted by [south fork]
These drilled abalone shell pieces were recovered from a construction site in El Dorado County, California.
The possible reconstruction to a set of adornments sewn onto a basket hat made from materials such as willow or red bud comes from comparison to old photographs in the California state archives.
More than 80 pieces were recovered from the site, although they haven’t all been used in the partial reconstruction above.