Basketry cap

Museum number:
1-233502
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2938
Description:
Twined basketry. Plain twining and 3-strand twining; pine root weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and Woodwardia fern fiber. Designs in black and rust red on straw-colored ground. Hemispherical shape slightly peaked.
Donor:
Virginia Peck Jurgensen
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Shasta
Collector:
J. W. Peck
Collection date:
1907
Taxon:
Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1973
Context of use:
Woman's hat.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and diameter 16.8 centimeters
Comment:
References: "reminiscent of some Karok hats e.g. 1-1799, 1800". Made by: women.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-233502, described as Twined basketry. Plain twining and 3-strand twining; pine root weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and Woodwardia fern fiber. Designs in black and rust red on straw-colored ground. Hemispherical shape slightly peaked.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-233502, described as Twined basketry. Plain twining and 3-strand twining; pine root weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and Woodwardia fern fiber. Designs in black and rust red on straw-colored ground. Hemispherical shape slightly peaked.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-233502, described as Twined basketry. Plain twining and 3-strand twining; pine root weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and Woodwardia fern fiber. Designs in black and rust red on straw-colored ground. Hemispherical shape slightly peaked.

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