Culture or time period: North American native cultures / Materials: Maidenhair fern stem / 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 Cap, accession number 1-373, described as Hat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). Pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is chain fern (Woodward) in alder (Alnus), black dye is maidenhair, brown dye is pine root in mud, mud-dyed alder, or Hazel.