Cap

Museum number:
1-70260
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010070260
Alternate number:
9254 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.838
Description:
Coiled, bowl shape. Paper label on bottom "Mission Hat 9254". Tag "9254 Mission Hat". Per Ralph Shanks: Women's basketry hat. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The weft background is sumac and the designs are in orange and black dyed juncus. There are two designs. The primary band is located two coils below the rim and is light triangles outlined in black dyed juncus with one coil of black dyed juncus below and above the triangles. The main body design is curved bands of black dyed juncus alternating with orange juncus. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The design layout is either Chumash or Gabrielino. The specific design of this primary band is a design known from documented Chumash baskets. However, the placement of the primary band two coils below the rim is a Gabrielino characteristic. Taken these facts into account the basket can be attributed to either Chumash or Gabrielino.
Donor:
Grace Blair DePue
Collection place:
California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Chumash, Southwest California tribes, and Tongva
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1900-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 19, 1945
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 8 inches and height 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-70260, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Paper label on bottom "Mission Hat 9254". Tag "9254 Mission Hat". Per Ralph Shanks: Women's basketry hat. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The weft background is sumac and the designs are in orange and black dyed juncus. There are two designs. The primary band is located two coils below the rim and is light triangles outlined in black dyed juncus with one coil of black dyed juncus below and above the triangles. The main body design is curved bands of black dyed juncus alternating with orange juncus. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The design layout is either Chumash or Gabrielino. The specific design of this primary band is a design known from documented Chumash baskets. However, the placement of the primary band two coils below the rim is a Gabrielino characteristic. Taken these facts into account the basket can be attributed to either Chumash or Gabrielino.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-70260, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Paper label on bottom "Mission Hat 9254". Tag "9254 Mission Hat". Per Ralph Shanks: Women's basketry hat. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The weft background is sumac and the designs are in orange and black dyed juncus. There are two designs. The primary band is located two coils below the rim and is light triangles outlined in black dyed juncus with one coil of black dyed juncus below and above the triangles. The main body design is curved bands of black dyed juncus alternating with orange juncus. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The design layout is either Chumash or Gabrielino. The specific design of this primary band is a design known from documented Chumash baskets. However, the placement of the primary band two coils below the rim is a Gabrielino characteristic. Taken these facts into account the basket can be attributed to either Chumash or Gabrielino.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-70260, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Paper label on bottom "Mission Hat 9254". Tag "9254 Mission Hat". Per Ralph Shanks: Women's basketry hat. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The weft background is sumac and the designs are in orange and black dyed juncus. There are two designs. The primary band is located two coils below the rim and is light triangles outlined in black dyed juncus with one coil of black dyed juncus below and above the triangles. The main body design is curved bands of black dyed juncus alternating with orange juncus. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The design layout is either Chumash or Gabrielino. The specific design of this primary band is a design known from documented Chumash baskets. However, the placement of the primary band two coils below the rim is a Gabrielino characteristic. Taken these facts into account the basket can be attributed to either Chumash or Gabrielino.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-70260, described as Coiled, bowl shape. Paper label on bottom "Mission Hat 9254". Tag "9254 Mission Hat". Per Ralph Shanks: Women's basketry hat. The coil foundation is deergrass bundle. The weft background is sumac and the designs are in orange and black dyed juncus. There are two designs. The primary band is located two coils below the rim and is light triangles outlined in black dyed juncus with one coil of black dyed juncus below and above the triangles. The main body design is curved bands of black dyed juncus alternating with orange juncus. The basket has an exterior workface with clipped weft fag ends and a rightward work direction. The design layout is either Chumash or Gabrielino. The specific design of this primary band is a design known from documented Chumash baskets. However, the placement of the primary band two coils below the rim is a Gabrielino characteristic. Taken these facts into account the basket can be attributed to either Chumash or Gabrielino.

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