Cap

Museum number:
1-1482
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
66 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Yellow dye is Beargrass in Lichen. Woman"s dress cap. Plain twined except for 3 strand twined start. White grass overlay, design floated on back. Stripes in 2 faced overlay. Design zones differentiated by single lattice twined overlay row.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Alnus rubra, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters and height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE II 4, p 122, Fig 59. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 86.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1482, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Yellow dye is Beargrass in Lichen. Woman"s dress cap. Plain twined except for 3 strand twined start. White grass overlay, design floated on back. Stripes in 2 faced overlay. Design zones differentiated by single lattice twined overlay row.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1482, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Yellow dye is Beargrass in Lichen. Woman"s dress cap. Plain twined except for 3 strand twined start. White grass overlay, design floated on back. Stripes in 2 faced overlay. Design zones differentiated by single lattice twined overlay row.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1482, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Yellow dye is Beargrass in Lichen. Woman"s dress cap. Plain twined except for 3 strand twined start. White grass overlay, design floated on back. Stripes in 2 faced overlay. Design zones differentiated by single lattice twined overlay row.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1482, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Yellow dye is Beargrass in Lichen. Woman"s dress cap. Plain twined except for 3 strand twined start. White grass overlay, design floated on back. Stripes in 2 faced overlay. Design zones differentiated by single lattice twined overlay row.

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