Basket Hat (líıckaw̉)

Nez Perce

Interpretive text from Nimiipuu Tribal Committee:"Constructed from Beargrass and Dogbane, these hats were important items made and worn by the women. Reference to these hats being worn in pre-contact times is related in the Nimiipuu story of battle between "Cold Man and Warm Man,' when the sign of the birth of a female child was fortetold by the basket hat falling from its resting place (Fletcher, 1891)."