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Hearst Museum object titled Animal hide hat with shell, accession number 5-5868, described as skull cap; monkey and deer skins s/trim of cloth-wrapped sticks and cowrie shell decorations; width flattened 31 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Animal hide hat w/mirrors, accession number 5-5869, described as “crown” of deer skin with decorations of yellow and fuschia braided wool; 3 attached mirrors depicting film stars on their outer paper faces; width flattened 23.5 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 3-28220, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Headband? Materials: Wool Technique: Warp faced pattern weave, uncut fringes Colors: Varicolored Dimensions: 3/4 x 6 yards 3" Remarks: ]
Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 3-28201, described as [ cat card DESCRIPTION: Headband Materials: Cotton, Technique: weft faced motives in tapestry weave Colors: Varicolored, weft striped Dimensions: 64 1/2 x 5/8" Remarks: Human figure motives. Ends not finished ]
Hearst Museum object titled Band, accession number 3-28179, described as Headband. Cotton, silk, metal wrapped yarns. Weft faced, motives in tapestry weave, fringe with tassels. Varicolored. 129 by 1.5 inches. Weft striped, animal, geometric motives. January 1969 Condition good.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-12959, described as New openwork twined weave basket.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-14439, described as Basketry. Crown worn off; design, 2 black lines.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 2-13260, described as Basketry cap. Close twine, encircling overlay bands, zigzag design.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-97980, described as Fine basketry hat; red, black, and white. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes Att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Womans hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably hazel. The background wefts are conifer root. The weft overlay is beargrass, red dyed Woodwardia, and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot is ⅓ inch of three strand twining, followed by 1.5 inches of plain twining. After that , there is one weft row of lattice twining with a reinforcing rod. Plain twining continues to the ½ inch below the rim where there is another row of lattice twining. After that plain twining continues to the end of the rim, which is trimmed. The background overlay is red dyed Woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot there is one inch of conifer root with no overlay. After this there is a band of red dyed Woodwardia, followed by a horizontal band of diagonal beargrass and maidenhair fern. That is followed by another band of red dyed Woodwardia. Followed by another horizontal band of diagonal beargrass and maidenhair fern with groups of three triangles interspersed throughout. After that is one row of checkered beargrass and maidenhair fern, followed by a band of beargrass. At the rim there are repeating patterns of three beargrass triangles with red dyed Woodwardia with a horizontal stripe of maiden hair fern. The basket has an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior, with a rightward work direction. The overlay is on the exterior, with some pattern coming through to the other side. The basket is from Northwestern California.
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-1502, described as Cap h-8.3 cm, diam.- 18.0 cm

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