Collection place: United States / Culture or time period: Northern California tribes / Loans: S1956-1957 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley)/Patricia Hughes (July 17, 1956–April 1, 1957) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place United States Culture or time period Northern California tribes Loans S1956-1957 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley)/Patricia Hughes (July 17, 1956–April 1, 1957)

Hearst Museum object titled Brush, accession number 1-9442, described as Acorn-meal brush

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28588, described as Basket hat. Tag: Klamath R. River Tribes att. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is six sets of two diagonally stacked beargrass rectangles with diagonal stacks of two triangles on either side. 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 Northwest California. There is an hair woven to the top of the hat.

Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-1539, described as Stone, blue/green chert, bifacially flaked; attached to wood handle with cordage and mastic. Mastic cracked.

Hearst Museum object titled Money purse, accession number 1-2259, described as Antler, hollow, curved; oval cross section; rectangular longitudinal slot at center; raised flange at each end, with transverse grooves; incised zigzag bands principal design element; tabs at each end on top of purse. Contents: bits of snake skin, medicine root, and feather tipped stick.

Hearst Museum object titled Needle, accession number 1-814, described as net making needle.

Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 1-2069, described as Handcarved of elk antler. Oval bowl. Dentate edges on handle in alternating pattern.