Cap

Museum number:
1-1799
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
383 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Hat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) with yellow dye in lichen. Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) with red dye in Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Design: tataktak (?).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mouth of Salmon River, Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Siskiyou; Mouth of Salmon River
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
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:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 18.3 centimeters and height 8.8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 12
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1799, described as Hat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) with yellow dye in lichen. Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) with red dye in Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Design: tataktak (?).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1799, described as Hat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) with yellow dye in lichen. Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) with red dye in Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Design: tataktak (?).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1799, described as Hat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) with yellow dye in lichen. Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) with red dye in Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Design: tataktak (?).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1799, described as Hat basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) with yellow dye in lichen. Black pattern is Maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum) with red dye in Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). Design: tataktak (?).

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