Culture or time period: California tribes / Function: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket cap, accession number 1-20819, described as Basket cap, twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) in mud. White pattern in Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket cap, accession number 1-20822, described as Basket cap; twined. Basket cap; twined. No warp. Weft is Alder (Alnus). Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum), white pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in alder.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket cap, accession number 1-20821, described as Basket cap; twined. No warp. Weft is alder root (Alnus).

Hearst Museum object titled Basket hat, accession number 1-148886, described as Twined basket. Adiantum fern stem design material. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel. 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 inch 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 three sets of two stacked parallelograms with two stacked trapezoids and a triangle on their 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, perhaps Yurok based on the area of collection.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-230669, described as Hat, twined basketry; 3 areas of red-brown designs which are somewhat rectangular with straw (ground) colored triangles within.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255025, described as Basketry. Plain twined with half twist overlay. Vertical rhomboid and triangle design in red - brown and black on wheat colored field. Tag "Klamath River". 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, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1.5 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 sets of five diagonally stacked woodwardia and maidenhair rectangles with 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 are two light hairs woven into the top exterior of the hat.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255022, described as Basketry. Plain twined yellow with half twist overlay. Triangular design in red - brown and black on glossy yellowish white field. Small break in one area of edge. Tag "Klamath River". Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, red dyed woodwardia, 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 design background overlay is beargrass. The design at the start is formed by an encircling row of maidenhair fern, surrounded by a circle of woodwardia triangles. A second design follows that with overlay over the three strand twining with triangles of woodwardia outlined by maidenhair fern below it. The main design is comprised of a maidenhair band with repeating elements comprised of three triangles and a diamond. The design above the rim is a repeat of the three strand twining with overlay and a band of triangles above it. At the rim are four sets of two triangles. 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 on the exterior, with some pattern coming through to the other side. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-235240, described as Twined basketry. Designs of rectangles and triangles with black edges. Zigzag band near bottom and top. Tag "Kl. R. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is hazel. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, red-dyed Woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is ⅓ inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to ½ 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 third an inch of conifer root with no overlay. A star/flower pattern is formed by triangles at the start. A band of triangles follows a band of beargrass. The main design is formed by pairs of stacked parallelograms and triangles. This followed by another band of triangles. At the rim there are three sets of triangles and rectangles. 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.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-28563, described as Twined basketry cap. White and black overlay designs; circular stripes and bands of triangles; single-faced overlay. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by plain twining for 1 1/4 inches, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining for 2 3/4 inches, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The overlay design is in seven horizontal bands with no overlay in-between the bands. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on the exterior face with only a little beargrass on the interior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255540, described as Basketry. Twined, domical. Top has brown center with four butterfly shapes around it. Main section has four bands of diagonally stacked trapezoids bisected into triangles by yellow and black lines. Two bands of sawtooth lines. Rim has four trapezoids. Tag "Klamath River Tribes". There looks to be some string used for stabilizing the breaks. 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 background is beargrass with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .25 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is four sets of three stacked parallelograms with diagonal lines running through them. 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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