introduction
BEGINNINGS:
THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920)


THE PHOEBE HEARST COLLECTIONS
GUATEMALA
NATIVE CALIFORNIA
01. Woman’s dance dress

02. Dentalium shell money

03. Jump Dance woodpecker headdress

04. Woman’s dress hat, basketry

05. Clay balls in tule basket; sling

06. Feathered basket

07. Ceremonial headdress, feathers

08. Sandals, agave fiber

09. Presentation basket

ALASKAN ESKIMO
PHILIPPINES
ANCIENT NORTH AMERICA
ANCIENT PERU
ANCIENT egypt
ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN

TRANSITION (1920-1945)

EXPANSION (1945-1960)

CULMINATION (1960-1980)

RECENT YEARS (1980-2001)

RECENT ACQUISITIONS



Sandals, agave fiber
Riverside County, Torros Reservation; Cahuilla
Collected by Alfred L. Kroeber, 1907.
1-10991a,b

Cahuilla used fiber sandals especially at night; they also wore hide moccasins.