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Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-21579, described as Cap; off-white cotton covered completely with rows of machine embroidery in straight and wavy lines; top has green and light orange center of embroidery in circle and petal-like motif; brim of cap has scalloped edge.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12032, described as prayer cap; man’s; black velvet, cotton lining; worn while praying or visiting the temple by Parsi men. Often worn as an everyday cap by more traditional Parsis.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 9-12068, described as Cap; Bhanvani: Topi or vatko--prayer cap; child's prayer cap; purple silk brocaded in yellow and white in small checkerboard patterns; 2 insets of brocade in similar colours with a fish motif at crown; white cotton lining; H. 7 cm., diameter 13.5 cm. Made by tailors. Worn while praying or visiting the fire temple, or for any religious/ceremonial occasion by Parsi children and men. This specimen belonged to Sir Dorab Tata (1859-1932) and was worn by him as a child.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 3-29265, described as Cap, child's; cotton woven in colors (red, green) with narrow blue/white bands; several embroidered areas; height from crown to base 16 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 3-28294, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Baby's cap, Materials: Cotton, Technique: Plain weave, brocaded Colors: Brown ground varicolored stripes and designs Dimensions: 8 x 8 " Remarks: ]
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-214032, described as Unfinished basketry cap. Plain twined, except for start and single row defining design zone. Single faced overlay. White grass (Xerophyllum tenax) and maidenhair fern.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 7-3247, described as cream lace cap w/hanging bands; linen(?); silk; white moire ribbon; leaf; floral designs. 23" long, including bands.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-53611, described as Twined basket. 233.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1585, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black dye is Maidenahir fern (Adiantum pedatum). Unfinished.
Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-224793a,b, described as (a) Hat. (b) Detached crown. Basketry. Plain twined with geometric maidenhair fern stem overlay designs. Peeled shoot warps, pine root weft. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat with top cut out and separated. The following description treats the two pieces as a whole. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. 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 1/4 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 four elements comprised of four stacked parallelograms outlined by eight 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.

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