Basketry cap

Museum number:
1-20972
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
159 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Fine coiled basketry cap with very flat top. Red and black step pattern in 5 bars in spiral order.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tejon, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; Tejon
Culture or time period:
Kitanemuk
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1885-1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Coiled weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 4.375 inches and length 7.875 inches
Comment:
Photo: 15-6081. Published: Mason's Aboriginal Basketry p. 478 pl 191. B.A.E.B. 78, pl. 55. Remarks: For materials see Supplementary Catalogue 1, p 15.
Loans:
S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20972, described as Fine coiled basketry cap with very flat top. Red and black step pattern in 5 bars in spiral order.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20972, described as Fine coiled basketry cap with very flat top. Red and black step pattern in 5 bars in spiral order.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20972, described as Fine coiled basketry cap with very flat top. Red and black step pattern in 5 bars in spiral order.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-20972, described as Fine coiled basketry cap with very flat top. Red and black step pattern in 5 bars in spiral order.

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