Cap

Museum number:
1-1471
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
55 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Used. Plain twined. 3 strand twining start. 2 single lattice twined overlay rows define design areas. Single faced overlay.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, Hazel shoots, and Maidenhair fern
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
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:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters and diameter 17 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE II 4, p 119 Fig 42. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 87.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #6: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 22, 1963–July 22, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1471, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Used. Plain twined. 3 strand twining start. 2 single lattice twined overlay rows define design areas. Single faced overlay.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1471, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Used. Plain twined. 3 strand twining start. 2 single lattice twined overlay rows define design areas. Single faced overlay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1471, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Used. Plain twined. 3 strand twining start. 2 single lattice twined overlay rows define design areas. Single faced overlay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1471, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Used. Plain twined. 3 strand twining start. 2 single lattice twined overlay rows define design areas. Single faced overlay.

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