Object name: Basketry cap / Object class: Accessories by location on the head - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-1502, described as Cap h-8.3 cm, diam.- 18.0 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-233502, described as Twined basketry. Plain twining and 3-strand twining; pine root weft with overlay of Xerophyllum tenax leaf, maidenhair fern stem, and Woodwardia fern fiber. Designs in black and rust red on straw-colored ground. Hemispherical shape slightly peaked.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-2967, described as Coiled basketry cap. Old and torn. Fine stitching; vertical pattern in bulrush root black and Joshua tree root red.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-211617, described as Basketry cap. Tag "Klamath R. Tribes att.". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot, slightly indented. The warp material is probably hazel or willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design has a beargrass background with maidenhair fern designs. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by 3/4 inch of plain twining, followed by two weft rows of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there are two weft rows of three strand twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is six elements comprised of two stacked trapezoids with a triangle at the top or bottom. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-430, described as Plain twined basketry. Bands, etc., in black.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255545, described as Basketry. Twined, domical. Dark brown with bands of yellow and black throughout. Main section has diagonally stacked yellow rectangles cut by brown lines. four black trapezoids. Label "Klamath River tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is probably willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay design is beargrass, maidenhair fern, and red-dyed woodwardia. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 2 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of lattice twining. Plain twining continues to the rim where there is one weft row of lattice twining 1/2 inch below the rim. The rim is trimmed. The main design is four sets of diagonally stacked beargrass rectangles cut by diagonal lines. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwest California; perhaps Karuk based on the area of Riddell's family lived.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 5-13017, described as Basketry cap., Sierra Leone, Sherbro Mission, Sherbro attr. 1884. 5-13017, acc no. 3198. File code: 3.1 Orig. No. 2. Collector: Rev. E.C. Lemmon through Rev. R. West. Donor: Mrs. Jane Erickson. Materials, techniques: Raffia matting in plainweave; macrame in raffia Context of use: Said to be chief's hat. Description: Cap of fine plainweave raffia matting; folded over and self-fringed at base; open at top which ends with macrame and raffia fringe; diagonal black bands on straw-colored ground; l. not incl. fringe at top 40 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-255541, described as Basketry. Twined, domical. Top has brown center with four pairs of brown "T"s. Main section has four bands of diagonally stacked trapezoids bisected into triangles by yellow lines. Two sawtooth lines. Rim has four and one half trapezoids. Tag: "Klamath River Tribes". Per Ralph Shanks: Twined woman's basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. The warp material is possibly willow. The weft material is conifer root. The weft overlay background is beargrass with designs in red-dyed woodwardia and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot, there is three strand twining for .5 inch, followed by 1.25 inches of plain twining, followed by one weft row of three strand twining. Plain twining continues to .5 inch from the rim where there is one weft row of three strand twining. The rim is trimmed. The main design is four sets of three stacked parallelograms with four diagonal lines running through them. The basket has a rightward work direction, with an up to the right slant of weft twist. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay is primarily single-sided, with the design on the exterior. The basket is from Northwestern California, possibly Karuk based on the Orleans area where Francis Riddell family lived.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-230644, described as Basketry, plain twined, meandering patterns in black and yellow on ground of beargrass overlay. Tule cordage warp, tule or cattail weft, overlay of split grass stems, yellow-dyed procupine quills and a black material.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 1-28563, described as Twined basketry cap. White and black overlay designs; circular stripes and bands of triangles; single-faced overlay. Per Ralph Shanks: Twined basket hat. Crossed warp starting knot. Probably willow warps and conifer root wefts with an overlay of beargrass and maidenhair fern. Starting at the starting knot there is three strand twining for 1/2 inch, followed by plain twining for 1 1/4 inches, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining for 2 3/4 inches, followed by one weft row of lattice twining, followed by plain twining to the rim. The rim is trimmed. The overlay design is in seven horizontal bands with no overlay in-between the bands. The workface is on the exterior. The overlay design is on the exterior face with only a little beargrass on the interior. The basket has a rightward work direction and an up to the right slant of weft twist.

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