Basketry cap

Museum number:
1-20849
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010020849
Alternate number:
59; 307 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Twined basketry with decorative design in black and yellow (porcupine quills).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath Lake, Klamath County, Central Oregon
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Modoc
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Taxon:
Erethizon dorsatum
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.625 inches and length 7.625 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20849, described as Twined basketry with decorative design in black and yellow (porcupine quills).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20849, described as Twined basketry with decorative design in black and yellow (porcupine quills).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20849, described as Twined basketry with decorative design in black and yellow (porcupine quills).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20849, described as Twined basketry with decorative design in black and yellow (porcupine quills).

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