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Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-164049, described as Basketry, twined geometric designs in overlay technique; brown and yellow. Plain-twined, peeled hazel or willow shoot warps, pine root weft overlay of beargrass leaf and maidenhair fern stems. Label: "Klamath River Tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is 1/2 inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.25 inches of plain twining. Plain twining continues until 3/4 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 1/2 an inch of conifer root with no overlay. That is followed by one weft row of maiden hair fern. A pattern of a sun/flower in conifer root is made by an outline of beargrass, with one weft of maidenhair fern at the tip of each the rays. The main design is made of three elements comprised all three materials that include two stacked parallelograms with a zigzag through it. 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 Cap, accession number 1-11130, described as Basketry, diagonal twined weave.
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 1-1784, described as Cap; twined. Design: Oteha hits (flint like).
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-164153, described as Twined basketry hat. Triangular design. Tag "Northwest Calif 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 background is beargrass with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia 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 eight sets of three stacked triangles above and below two horizontal lines. 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. There are three hairs woven into the basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-12737, described as Cap (kma); twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is string, possibly Milkweed (Asclepias) and twisted Cattail (Typha latifolia). Black dye is Tule root, brown color is mud-dyed split Tule. Rim of cotton cord. Decorated with beads at crown.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-148929, described as Basketry hat with overlay; geometric design including parallelograms at rim. Twined. Tag "Klamath R. tribes att.". 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 designs in red-dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch from 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 outlined in 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 primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1692, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Woman"s dress cap. Flattish top. Plain twined. 3 strand twining at start and 2 single rows defining design zones. Single face overlay.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-255615, described as Beaded. Yellow geometric designs on red, white, and black beaded background.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-97983, described as Fine basketry hat and black and white. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". 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 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 two stacked parallelograms with a stepped design in 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.

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