Donor: Mary S. Johnson / Loans: S1955-1956 #4: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (September 16, 1955–July 26, 1957) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Donor Mary S. Johnson Loans S1955-1956 #4: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (September 16, 1955–July 26, 1957)

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27175, described as Basketry cap. Twined. Triangular design in maidenhair fern. Label "Squaw Cap Klamath lev [?] Calif.". Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.25 inches of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is another weft row of three strand twining. After that plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is trimmed. The background overlay is beargrass. Starting at the starting knot there is a 1/2 an inch of conifer root with no overlay. At the start there are four vertical rectangles. The main design is formed by pairs of stacked parallelograms with beargrass triangles on the interior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is only on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.