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Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-28586, described as Basketry cap. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes 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 design has a beargrass background 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 three elements comprised of two stacked parallelograms with a stepped design running through their interiors. 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 1-224009, described as Basketry hat, twined. Tag "Very fine old Indian basket N W $25_00". 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 design is beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there are two weft rows of plain twining, followed by three strand twining for 1/4 inch, followed by 1 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 three sets of beargrass diagonals 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 single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California. There are some gray, possibly animal, hairs on the interior.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-164438, described as Basketry, twined, triangle design; leather and one blue glass bead affixed to rim at 4 places. Tag: "Klamath River tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat with four blue glass beads sewn on embroidered leather. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow or 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 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 triangles above and below a double line. 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 1-4116, described as Hat; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus),weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black color is mud-dyed split Tule.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-12463, described as Woman's cap (maksha); twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is twisted Cattail (Typha latifolia). Brown dye is Tule root. Rim of twisted Tule with warp strands.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20820, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is mud-dyed Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus).
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1778, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine root (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Maidenahir fern (Adiantum pedatum) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Unfinished. Design: tataktak.
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.

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