Object class: Caps (headgear) / Collection place: Northern California / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Caps (headgear) Collection place Northern California Function 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-164171, described as Twined basketry; geometric designs including triangles, parallelograms. Plain twining with overlay; pine root weft, overlay of alder-dyed Woodwardia fern, Maiden hair fern, Xerophyllum Tenax. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att." D is written in pen on the inside. Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. 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 1.5 inches of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the 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 one inch of conifer root with no overlay. After that is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern, followed by a band of red dyed woodwardia triangles, followed by a band of conifer root, followed by a band of maidenhair fern. The main design band has six clusters of six triangles in maidenhair fern and red dyed woodwardia. That is followed by one band of maidenhair fern, followed by a band of red dyed woodwardia. The last design band has five clusters of two triangles and a parallelogram. 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 Cap, accession number 1-224793a,b, described as (a) Hat. (b) Detached crown. Basketry. Plain twined with geometric maidenhair fern stem overlay designs. Peeled shoot warps, pine root weft. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat with top cut out and separated. The following description treats the two pieces as a whole. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with red-dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 1 1/4 inch 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 four elements comprised of four stacked parallelograms outlined by eight 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.