Object class: Worn costume accessories / Collector: Edwin Lincoln McLeod / Culture or time period: Northern California tribes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Worn costume accessories Collector Edwin Lincoln McLeod Culture or time period Northern California tribes

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

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20848, described as Twined basketry with design in 3 bands.

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

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20820, 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).

Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20824, 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.

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

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

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-20828, described as Double strand on cotton thread; dentalia shells, round blue, black and amber glass beads; two tubular red glass beads near end; abalone shell pendant.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 1-21032, described as Necklace of braided grass, broken by black seeds and with 3 abalone pendants.