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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27172, described as Basketry cap. Twined. Varied bands in brown and maidenhair fern. Tag "89". Second tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Large crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass with maidenhair fern and red-dyed woodwardia designs. 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 three strand twining. Plain twining continues to three weft rows from the rim, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed, with warp sticks sticking out beyond the rim. The main design is diagonal woodwardia slashes in between two maidenhair fern bands. 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 some overlay on the backface, with the main design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly one of the Athabaskan groups from that area such as the Whilkut or Nongatl. The wefts vary in size. There are two hairs woven into the basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-198155, described as Basketry. Weaving completed but not scaped smooth inside. Plain twined; also 3-strand twining at the start, and 2 rows defining design zones. Single-faced overlay, white grass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255024, described as Basketry. Plain twined with half twist overlay. Design of bands and triangles in red - brown and 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 willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, red-dyed woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 3/4 inch, followed by 2 inches 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 comprised of six alternating triangles with three checkered lines on either side. 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27310, described as Basketry. Close twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-259101, described as Watch cap; made of commercial knitted artificial fiber; foot design in red on black ground.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 5-13016, described as Basketry cap., Sierra Leone, Sherbro Mission, Sherbro attr. 1884. 5-13016, acc no. 3198. File code: 2.1 Orig. No. 4. Collector: Rev. E.C. Lemmon through Rev. R. West. Donor: Mrs. Jane Erickson. Materials, techniques: Raffia matting in plainweave Context of use: Cap Description: Cap; fine plain-weave raffia; encircling bands of brown, light blue and yellow on straw-colored ground; tassel of raffia in center; rim diam. ca. 17 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-14438, described as Basketry. 4 sharply zigzag spiral lines.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27307, described as Basketry. Close twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2992, described as Coiled basketry cap. Vertical designs in red and black. Shows slight wear pattern. Designs in devil's-claw (black) and Joshua tree root (red). Contains Martynia and Tree Yucca.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-1591, described as Cap [h.-8.5 cms diam.-17.2 cm]

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