Basketry cap

Museum number:
1-2967
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002967
Alternate number:
182 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.42
Description:
Coiled basketry cap. Old and torn. Fine stitching; vertical pattern in bulrush root black and Joshua tree root red.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
South Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Panamint
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Coiled weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Context of use:
For daily use, worn with tumpline.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2967, described as Coiled basketry cap. Old and torn. Fine stitching; vertical pattern in bulrush root black and Joshua tree root red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2967, described as Coiled basketry cap. Old and torn. Fine stitching; vertical pattern in bulrush root black and Joshua tree root red.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2967, described as Coiled basketry cap. Old and torn. Fine stitching; vertical pattern in bulrush root black and Joshua tree root red.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2967, described as Coiled basketry cap. Old and torn. Fine stitching; vertical pattern in bulrush root black and Joshua tree root red.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2967, described as Coiled basketry cap. Old and torn. Fine stitching; vertical pattern in bulrush root black and Joshua tree root red.

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