Cap

Museum number:
1-1800
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001800
Alternate number:
384 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). New. Design: enikiviti.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mouth of Salmon River, Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Siskiyou; Mouth of Salmon River
Culture or time period:
Karuk
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Alder root, Chain fern, Common beargrass, Hazel shoots, and Sugar pine root
Taxon:
Alnus rubra, Corylus cornuta californica, Pinus lambertiana, Woodwardia spinulosa, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Caps (headgear), and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 11 centimeters and diameter 18.4 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 12
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1800, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). New. Design: enikiviti.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 1-1800, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). New. Design: enikiviti.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1800, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). New. Design: enikiviti.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 1-1800, described as Cap basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica) weft is Sugar pine root (Pinus lambertiana). White pattern is Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax). Red dye is Chain fern (Woodwardia spinulosa) in Alder (Alnus rubra). New. Design: enikiviti.

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