Basketry cap

Museum number:
1-230644
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010230644
Alternate number:
49 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2563
Description:
Basketry, plain twined, meandering patterns in black and yellow on ground of beargrass overlay. Tule cordage warp, tule or cattail weft, overlay of split grass stems, yellow-dyed procupine quills and a black material.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Likely Rancheria, Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Modoc; Likely Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Achumawi
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
A cap worn by women. Made by women.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters and diameter 22 centimeters
Loans:
S1983-1984 #15: Lawrence E. Dawson/Lawrence E. Dawson (September 22, 1983–September 26, 1983)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-230644, described as Basketry, plain twined, meandering patterns in black and yellow on ground of beargrass overlay. Tule cordage warp, tule or cattail weft, overlay of split grass stems, yellow-dyed procupine quills and a black material.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-230644, described as Basketry, plain twined, meandering patterns in black and yellow on ground of beargrass overlay. Tule cordage warp, tule or cattail weft, overlay of split grass stems, yellow-dyed procupine quills and a black material.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-230644, described as Basketry, plain twined, meandering patterns in black and yellow on ground of beargrass overlay. Tule cordage warp, tule or cattail weft, overlay of split grass stems, yellow-dyed procupine quills and a black material.

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