Object name: Basketry cap / Collection place: North America / Donor: Madison Bentley - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-211617, described as Basketry cap. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is six elements comprised of two stacked trapezoids with a triangle at the top or bottom. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.