Object class: Costume accessories / Collector: E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20850, Basketry cap, described as Basketry cap with design in brown and yellow (porcupine quills)..

Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20964, Basketry cap, described as Bowl basket (according to Ruth Merrill); twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black Pattern is Willow. Painted. Decoration 2 bands in black enclosing vertical zigzag lines..

Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20848, Basketry cap, described as Twined basketry with design in 3 bands..

Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20849, Basketry cap, described as Twined basketry with decorative design in black and yellow (porcupine quills)..

Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20972, Basketry cap, described as Fine coiled basketry cap with very flat top. Red and black step pattern in 5 bars in spiral order..

Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20820, Cap, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is mud-dyed Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus)..

Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20824, Cap, described as Twined basketry cap with designs entirely in black maidenhair fern stems. Tag: "NW Calif". Second tag "53". Third tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel (Corylus cornuta californica). The weft material is conifer root (Pinophyta). The weft overlay design has a beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) background with maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) 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 1/2 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is a horizontal band with triangles inside, 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, possibly Hupa or Yurok based on the area of collection..

Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20823, Cap, described as Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax)..

Image of Hearst Museum object 1-20830a,b, Earrings, described as Ear ornaments of dentalia with pink feathers and white hair..

Image of Hearst Museum object 2-10293, Hat, described as Flaring basketry hat made of spruce roots. Old and faded and without colored design..