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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-14399, described as Basketry. Very high, lines of oblique yellow triangles.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27308, described as Basketry. Close twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-164418, described as Twined basketry, black designs.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2067, described as Design in red maidenhair fern. Woman's dress cap. Flat top plain twined. Start and 2 single rows defining design zones are 3 strand twined. Single faced overlay, almost completely covering cap. White grass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.).
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-233776, described as Twined basketry. Black designs of small isolated units on light ground. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Tag "7" at the starting knot. 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 background is beargrass with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1 inch of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is eight sets of stacks of six 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.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-1497, described as Cap h- 10.2 cm, diam.- 18.4 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27306, described as Basketry. Close twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27164, described as Basketry cap. Twine. Triangle design in brown and maidenhair. Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined cap. 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 1.75 inches of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 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 design background overlay is beargrass. At the start there are two weft rows of woodwardia alternating with beargrass. The next design is a horizontal row of woodwardia triangles. The main design elements are three sets comprised of two triangles, which are upside down and two right triangles. There is also a filler element similar in a shape to a less than symbol. That is followed by another horizontal row of woodwardia triangles. At the rim are three sets of two geometric designs as well as one filler element of four slashes. 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 Basketry cap, accession number 1-214288, described as Twined basketry cap. Design: red and black on light ground; a sunburst design appears on top of cap. Mostly plain-twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27876, described as Basketry, overlay twined, black and brown design.

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