Cap

Museum number:
1-20823
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
52 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Klamath River area, Northwestern California, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River area
Culture or time period:
Hupa
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Materials:
Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Pine (wood)
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus, 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:
1916
Context of use:
Storage basket, fide Miss R. E. Merrill.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.75 inches and length 6.875 inches
Comment:
Photo: "15-8618" Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1, p. 10
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-20823, described as Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-20823, described as Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20823, described as Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20823, described as Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-20823, described as Basket cap; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Pine (Pinus). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax).

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