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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-164128, described as Twined basketry cap. Covered with overlay designs, including parallelograms. Major motif a stepped pyramid (black) containing a white angle.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20849, described as Twined basketry with decorative design in black and yellow (porcupine quills).
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255545, described as Basketry. Twined, domical. Dark brown with bands of yellow and black throughout. Main section has diagonally stacked yellow rectangles cut by brown lines. four black trapezoids. Label "Klamath River tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 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 four sets of diagonally stacked beargrass rectangles cut by diagonal 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 Northwest California; perhaps Karuk based on the area of Riddell's family lived.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 5-13017, described as Basketry cap., Sierra Leone, Sherbro Mission, Sherbro attr. 1884. 5-13017, acc no. 3198. File code: 3.1 Orig. No. 2. Collector: Rev. E.C. Lemmon through Rev. R. West. Donor: Mrs. Jane Erickson. Materials, techniques: Raffia matting in plainweave; macrame in raffia Context of use: Said to be chief's hat. Description: Cap of fine plainweave raffia matting; folded over and self-fringed at base; open at top which ends with macrame and raffia fringe; diagonal black bands on straw-colored ground; l. not incl. fringe at top 40 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255541, described as Basketry. Twined, domical. Top has brown center with four pairs of brown "T"s. Main section has four bands of diagonally stacked trapezoids bisected into triangles by yellow lines. Two sawtooth lines. Rim has four and one half trapezoids. Tag: "Klamath River Tribes". 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 background is beargrass with designs in red-dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1.25 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch from the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is four sets of three stacked parallelograms with four diagonal lines running through them. 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 Orleans area where Francis Riddell family lived.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-4284, described as Basketry, warp and woof willow.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-223995, described as Basketry. Decorated with dark triangles in groups of 3. Twined. 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 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 three stacked triangles above and below two 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 1-10582, described as Basketry cap.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-235238, described as Twined basketry. Multiple encircling design bands in red and black materials include triangles and fret - like design. Tag: "Kl. R. Tr. att.". There is a swastika in ink on the inside. Per Ralph Shanks: Woman’s twined basket hat. 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 1.5 inch of plain twining. After that, there is one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to 1/2 inch below the rim where there is another weft row of lattice twining. After that plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is trimmed. The background overlay is red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot there is an inch of conifer root with no overlay. After that is a horizontal band of maidenhair fern, followed by horizontal band beargrass triangles. After that is a horizontal band of beargrass with woodwardia rectangles inside it. The main design band is comprised of horizontal frets and triangles. That is followed by a band of beargrass with woodwardia rectangles inside it. At the rim there are five groups of three beargrass triangles and one group of two triangles. 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 only is 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 1-233501, described as Twined basketry. Plain twining, lattice twining, and 3-strand twining; pine root weft; overlay of Xerophyllum leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and Woodwardia fern fiber. Designs in straw color, black and rust red on brown ground. Hemispherical shape slightly peaked.

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