Cap fragments

Museum number:
1-12653
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012653
Alternate number:
1909 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Pieces of child's cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is also twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Reed and Tule (grass material)
Taxon:
Phragmites australis and Schoenoplectus acutus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 11 centimeters, height 18 centimeters, height 11 centimeters, and width 19 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary Cat. 1 Page 25
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap fragments, accession number 1-12653, described as Pieces of child's cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is also twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap fragments, accession number 1-12653, described as Pieces of child's cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is also twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap fragments, accession number 1-12653, described as Pieces of child's cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is also twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap fragments, accession number 1-12653, described as Pieces of child's cap; twined. Warp is twisted Tule (Schoenoplectus acutus), weft is also twisted Tule. White pattern is Reed (Phragmites vulgaris). Black dye is Tule root.

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