Culture or time period: Klamath River 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 1-1672, described as Woman's basketry dress cap. Plain twined (3 strand at start and 1 row in 2 places divides cap into design zones). Single faced overlay - white grass, maidenhair fern, and alder dyed Woodwardia fern.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27874, described as Basketry, widow's overlay twined, black design.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148887, 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. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a maidenhair background with beargrass designs. Black string was used to tie down the last weft row. 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 six elements comprised of triangle surrounded 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, possibly Wiyot based on the extensive use of black maidenhair fern background, or Yurok based on the comments on the catalog card. There is a hair woven into the basket near the start.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27879, described as Basketry, overlay twined, black and brown design.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27878, described as Basketry, overlay twined, black and brown design.

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