Cap

Museum number:
1-10616
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010616
Accession number:
Acc.248
Description:
Basket hat; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Rhus. Black pattern is Juncus, dyed with Suaeda.
Donor:
Constance Goddard DuBois
Collection place:
Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; Mesa Grande
Culture or time period:
Diegueño and Kumeyaay
Collector:
Constance Goddard DuBois
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Juncus, Rhus, Sporobolus rigens, and Suaeda
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Coiled weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used everyday type hat. Also for trading because of design"--Fide, James C. Moreno, February 22, 1983.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21 centimeters and height 12 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-12248. Remarks: This is a very rare type, since they have been so long out of use. For material see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 8.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-10616, described as Basket hat; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Rhus. Black pattern is Juncus, dyed with Suaeda.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-10616, described as Basket hat; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Rhus. Black pattern is Juncus, dyed with Suaeda.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-10616, described as Basket hat; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Rhus. Black pattern is Juncus, dyed with Suaeda.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-10616, described as Basket hat; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Rhus. Black pattern is Juncus, dyed with Suaeda.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-10616, described as Basket hat; coiled. Warp is Epicampes (Sporobolus rigens), weft is Rhus. Black pattern is Juncus, dyed with Suaeda.

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