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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20850, described as Basketry cap with design in brown and yellow (porcupine quills).
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27314, described as Basketry. Close twined.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255544, described as Basketry. Twined, domical. Top has brown center surrounded by black band with four hanging rectangles. Concentric bands of yellow, black and brown throughout. Main section has terraced black trapezoids and triangles zigzagging all the way around. Rim has four black trapezoids. Tag: "Klamath River Tribes". 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 a stepped horizontal band with triangles inside, above, and below the band. 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. There are three hairs woven into the basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-12829, described as Old basketry cap.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20964, described as Bowl basket (according to Ruth Merrill); twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Black Pattern is Willow. Painted. Decoration 2 bands in black enclosing vertical zigzag lines.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-27874, described as Basketry, widow's overlay twined, black design.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-148887, 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. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a maidenhair background with beargrass designs. Black string was used to tie down the last weft row. 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 six elements comprised of triangle surrounded by 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, possibly Wiyot based on the extensive use of black maidenhair fern background, or Yurok based on the comments on the catalog card. There is a hair woven into the basket near the start.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-12800, described as Basketry.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-235241, described as Twined basketry. 2 dark zigzag bands, each with flat edge facing towards the central straw - colored band. There is an R and a swastika drawn in ink on the interior of the basket. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. There are several breaks in the basket. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a red-dyed woodwardia background with maidenhair fern and beargrass designs. The last weft row is tied down with string. 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 lattice twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is one weft row of lattice twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is a horizontal band of alternating triangles surrounded by right 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 primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California possibly Karuk based on the extensive use of red-dyed woodwardia.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-235167, described as Twined. Woman’s "fancy" dress cap. Design is triangle - like mass with steps and projections. Tags "Klamath R. Tribes att." Glued in several areas. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably 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 3/4 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 three sets of two stacked, stepped parallelograms with a diagonal slash of stacked triangles through their centers. 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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