Search

Start Over Accession number Acc.13
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Strips, accession number 2-5539a,b, described as Leather. Pair. Red stained buckskin; beaded floral designs in multicolors. Original entry: "Strips for leggings; curved ornamentation.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tipi, accession number 2-5667, described as Painted skin. Probably commercially tanned cowhide. Common Blackfoot painting pattern; such symbolic designs functioned in part to protect the health and fortune of the owner and his family. Top dark band: night sky. 2 groups of circles: Pleiades and Ursa Major constellations. Bow design at back: Morning Star.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tipi lining, accession number 2-5583, described as Interior; painted with geometric designs in panels for 2/3 of height; red/yellow/blue/black paint; thong ties along 2 edges. Probably made from commercially tanned cowhide.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tipi pegs, accession number 2-5669, described as Wood, sharpened at one end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tipi pole, accession number 2-5668.1, described as Tipi poles, some painted blue, associated with tipi 2-5667.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tipi pole, accession number 2-5668.2, described as Tipi pole, probably associated with 2-5667 (tipi), 2-5669 (pegs), 2-5266 (lacing pins)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Tipi poles, accession number 2-5668, described as Tipi poles, probably associated with 2-5667 (tipi), 2-5669 (pegs), 2-5266 (lacing pins)
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-427, described as Tobacco basket, twined. Two design bands of zigzag, one band of diagonal hatching, broad band of alternating pine root and xerophyllum tenax, similar narrower band near base of basket. Hazel shoot warps exposed 1.1 cm below the mouth. Tag "Klamath River Tribes Unsp.". Cloth tag "124". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined tobacco basket, missing the lid. The warps are crossed at the starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The wefts are conifer root with beargrass overlay. At the base there is plain twining to the edge, where there is one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining then continues to just below the rim, where there are exposed warps, followed by three weft rows of plain twining, and the last weft row is three strand twining. The design begins at the edge of the base, with alternating beargrass; the next design is two horizontal zigzag lines in conifer root above and below a horizontal row of slashes. At the rim there are vertical lines of beargrass and conifer root alternating. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket has a rightward work direction with an exterior workface. The basket is from Northwestern California. The beargrass design is typical of tobacco baskets from Northwest California.
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco basket, accession number 1-330, described as Plain twined "tobacco" basket. Bands and broad vertical zigzag pattern in light brown. Three tags "N.W. Calif.", "Klamath R. Tribes att.", "27". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined, globular basket with constricted mouth. Crossed warp starting knot, indented. The warp material is probably hazel. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is in beargrass. Starting at the starting knot, there is 2.5 inches of plain twining, followed by 1 weft row of three strand twining, followed by 1 weft row of plain twining, followed by 1 weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is 1 weft row of three strand twining, with the remnants of 1 more weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. There is a reinforcing rod on the inside. The main design is five vertical zigzags outlined in triangles. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The basket is from Northwest California.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Topknot, accession number 1-701, described as Man's topknot.

Limit your search

more »

more »

more »

View distribution

Current results range from 1849 to 1960

View larger Year collected

more »

more »

more »

more »

more »

View distribution

Current results range from 1901 to 1901

View larger Accession year

more »

more »