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Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28586, described as Basketry cap. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 1/4 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 three elements comprised of two stacked parallelograms with a stepped design running through their interiors. 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28587, described as Basketry cap. Circular geometric design in black on wheat colored ground. Tule, plain twined, white grass, maidenhair fern overlay. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is possibly 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 1 1/4 inches 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 a horizontal band with a stepped design and triangles above and below the band. 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28593, described as Basketry cap. Circular design combining triangles and rectangles in reddish brown and black on wheat colored ground. Tag "Hupa type" scratched out. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with red-dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 1/2 inches 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 three elements comprised of three stacked squares with six triangles outlining them. 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28592, described as Basketry cap. Circular triangular design in wheat color with black highlights on brown ground. Tag "Hupa att." scratched out. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer. The overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 1/2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of lattice twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is six alternating elements comprised of a triangle outlined with seven triangles. 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28590, described as Basketry. Circular triangular design in brown with black highlights on wheat colored ground. Tule, plain twined, white grass, maidenhair fern overlay. Tag "Hupa" which scratched out. Second tag looks like a dealer's tag but is illegible. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with red-dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 1/2 inches 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 four elements comprised of a triangle outlined by six triangles. 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28594, described as Basketry. Circular design of parallelograms in black on wheat colored ground. Tule, plain twined, wheat grass, maidenhair fern overlay. Tag: "Klamath R. 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 has a beargrass background and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 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 three elements of two stacked parallelograms with three chevrons each on the interior. 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28591, described as Basketry. Circular linear and geometric design in wheat color and black on brown ground. Tule, plain twined, white grass, maidenhair fern overlay. Tag: "Klamath R att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. The design background is conifer root. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 1/4 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of lattice twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is a horizontal band with a stepped design surrounded by narrow horizontal bands. 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 primarily single-sided, with the main design on the exterior and small horizontal bands on the interior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Whilkut based on the designs on the interior of the basket. There is a hair woven into the basket, near the lattice twining near the rim.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28589, described as Basketry. Circular design combining triangles and parallelograms in black and brown on wheat colored ground. Tule, plain twined, white grass, maidenhair fern overlay. Tag "Klamath R Tribes". Second tag has a circle with a diagonal slash through it followed by an equal sign and either a "4" or an "A". Below that is a horizontal line and below the line is "3.50". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with red-dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 3/4 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 a horizontal band of six off-set elements comprised of three stepped parallelograms with six triangles outlining them. 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.

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