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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-14363, described as Basketry, old, band of black rectangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-164152, described as Twined basketry cap with yellow-dyed porcupine quill overlay. Tag "Northwest Calif att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, wrapped with beargrass. The warp material is probably willow or hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass with designs in yellow-dyed porcupine quill, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .25 inch, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is triangles above and below three 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148889, 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 four stepped triangles with alternating orientations. 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 Yurok based on the area of collection.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-1803, described as Cap h- 8.8 cm, diam.- 17.8 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255026, described as Basketry. Plain twined with half twist overlay. Geometric design in black on wheat colored field. Tag "Klamath River". 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 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 a horizontal band of triangles above, in-between, and below a triple 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 Basketry cap, accession number 1-230670, described as Hat, twined basketry; 3 design bands: straw-colored mass with sawtooth edges.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-371, described as Plain twined basket. Bands etc., in light brown and black.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-235184, described as Basketry dress cap, twined. 3 repeats of double parallelograms, each with a diagonal stripe within. 3 groups of T - like projections near start. 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 red-dyed woodwardia and 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 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-14230, described as Small deep basket, cap. Foundation woven of string, design of black and white rectangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-144945, described as Twined basketry cap. 4-parted design in red and black. Tag: "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Second tag "NW. Calif. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia 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 below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is four elements comprised of two stacked parallelograms with a beargrass slashes through each set. 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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