Basketry cap

Museum number:
1-2992
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002992
Alternate number:
149 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.42
Description:
Coiled basketry cap. Vertical designs in red and black. Shows slight wear pattern. Designs in devil's-claw (black) and Joshua tree root (red). Contains Martynia and Tree Yucca.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Panamint and Shoshone
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Coiled weaving
Accession date:
May 2, 1902
Context of use:
For daily use, worn with tumpline.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 20 centimeters and height 11.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1966-1967 #82: Mills College, Art Department (March 23, 1967–April 19, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2992, described as Coiled basketry cap. Vertical designs in red and black. Shows slight wear pattern. Designs in devil's-claw (black) and Joshua tree root (red). Contains Martynia and Tree Yucca.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2992, described as Coiled basketry cap. Vertical designs in red and black. Shows slight wear pattern. Designs in devil's-claw (black) and Joshua tree root (red). Contains Martynia and Tree Yucca.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2992, described as Coiled basketry cap. Vertical designs in red and black. Shows slight wear pattern. Designs in devil's-claw (black) and Joshua tree root (red). Contains Martynia and Tree Yucca.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2992, described as Coiled basketry cap. Vertical designs in red and black. Shows slight wear pattern. Designs in devil's-claw (black) and Joshua tree root (red). Contains Martynia and Tree Yucca.

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