Cap

Museum number:
1-1463
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001463
Alternate number:
47 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).
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:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, Maidenhair fern, and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Adiantum pedatum, Alnus rubra, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, Woodwardia spinulosa, 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)
Comment:
Published: AAE II, 4 pp. 134-5, Figs. 188, 211. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 86. Noted as missing 10-27-1969 by Frank A. Norick and Lawrence E. Dawson; found (?) 6-26-1970 by Barbara Busch (lost no. specimen compares with drawings in Kroeber (see cat.).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1463, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1463, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1463, described as Hat; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Black pattern is Maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra).

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