Basketry cap

Museum number:
1-87101
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010087101
Accession number:
Acc.978
Description:
Work cap. Maily plain twining. 3 strand twining continues from start to where the first zone divider of 3 strand would normally occur. Two encircling bands of yellowish white overlay 4 cm. from start. Near rim is extra single row of 3 strand twining. Plain twining. Conifer root, white grass.
Donor:
Axel Lindgren and Mrs. Axel Lindgren
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Axel Lindgren and Mrs. Axel Lindgren
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1949
Context of use:
Woman's work cap.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-87101, described as Work cap. Maily plain twining. 3 strand twining continues from start to where the first zone divider of 3 strand would normally occur. Two encircling bands of yellowish white overlay 4 cm. from start. Near rim is extra single row of 3 strand twining. Plain twining. Conifer root, white grass.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-87101, described as Work cap. Maily plain twining. 3 strand twining continues from start to where the first zone divider of 3 strand would normally occur. Two encircling bands of yellowish white overlay 4 cm. from start. Near rim is extra single row of 3 strand twining. Plain twining. Conifer root, white grass.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-87101, described as Work cap. Maily plain twining. 3 strand twining continues from start to where the first zone divider of 3 strand would normally occur. Two encircling bands of yellowish white overlay 4 cm. from start. Near rim is extra single row of 3 strand twining. Plain twining. Conifer root, white grass.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-87101, described as Work cap. Maily plain twining. 3 strand twining continues from start to where the first zone divider of 3 strand would normally occur. Two encircling bands of yellowish white overlay 4 cm. from start. Near rim is extra single row of 3 strand twining. Plain twining. Conifer root, white grass.

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