Hat

Museum number:
1-235214
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4252
Description:
Basketry with circular, geometric design in black on natural ground; poor condition--stained, broken in one area and no longer has round shape. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined with white grass, maidenhair fern and dyed Woodwardia fern half twist overlay.
Donor:
Ashbrook Lincoln and Mrs. Ashbrook Lincoln
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Ashbrook Lincoln and Mrs. Ashbrook Lincoln
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Hats, and Twined weaving
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Context of use:
Dance hat.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
12 centimeters and 15 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 1-235214, described as Basketry with circular, geometric design in black on natural ground; poor condition--stained, broken in one area and no longer has round shape. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined with white grass, maidenhair fern and dyed Woodwardia fern half twist overlay.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 1-235214, described as Basketry with circular, geometric design in black on natural ground; poor condition--stained, broken in one area and no longer has round shape. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined with white grass, maidenhair fern and dyed Woodwardia fern half twist overlay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 1-235214, described as Basketry with circular, geometric design in black on natural ground; poor condition--stained, broken in one area and no longer has round shape. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined with white grass, maidenhair fern and dyed Woodwardia fern half twist overlay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 1-235214, described as Basketry with circular, geometric design in black on natural ground; poor condition--stained, broken in one area and no longer has round shape. Conifer root warp and weft, plain twined with white grass, maidenhair fern and dyed Woodwardia fern half twist overlay.

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