Cap

Museum number:
1-10618
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010618
Accession number:
Acc.248
Description:
Basketry cap; twined. Warp and weft are Juncus.
Donor:
Constance Goddard DuBois
Collection place:
Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; Mesa Grande
Culture or time period:
Diegueño and Kumeyaay
Collector:
Constance Goddard DuBois
Collection date:
1906
Taxon:
Juncus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
This sort of cap is still worn. "As the plain undecorated type everyday use. Not for trading as was 1-10616"--Fide James C. Moreno, February 22, 1983
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 18.9 centimeters and height 11.5 centimeters
Comment:
For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p. 8.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-10618, described as Basketry cap; twined. Warp and weft are Juncus.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-10618, described as Basketry cap; twined. Warp and weft are Juncus.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-10618, described as Basketry cap; twined. Warp and weft are Juncus.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-10618, described as Basketry cap; twined. Warp and weft are Juncus.

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