Cap

Museum number:
1-4116
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004116
Alternate number:
245 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.101
Description:
Hat; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus),weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black color is mud-dyed split Tule.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Reed and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.4 centimeters and height 11 centimeters
Comment:
Published: "Modoc type J.W.H. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 30
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-4116, described as Hat; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus),weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black color is mud-dyed split Tule.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-4116, described as Hat; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus),weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black color is mud-dyed split Tule.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-4116, described as Hat; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus),weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black color is mud-dyed split Tule.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-4116, described as Hat; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus),weft is split Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black color is mud-dyed split Tule.

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