Basketry cap

Museum number:
1-4284
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010004284
Alternate number:
1531 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Basketry, warp and woof willow.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mojave Desert, Southeastern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Chemehuevi
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Willow (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For women.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 21.6 centimeters and height 14 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-4284, described as Basketry, warp and woof willow.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-4284, described as Basketry, warp and woof willow.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-4284, described as Basketry, warp and woof willow.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-4284, described as Basketry, warp and woof willow.

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