Cap

Museum number:
1-20820
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is mud-dyed Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Northern California; Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1893-1908
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Hazel shoots, and Pine (wood)
Taxon:
Alnus, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus, and Woodwardia spinulosa
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:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 19.6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-20820, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is mud-dyed Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-20820, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is mud-dyed Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20820, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is mud-dyed Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20820, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is mud-dyed Pine (Pinus). Red pattern is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus).

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