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History Of Use

Hats of this style were traditionally worn only by high status individuals. This style of painted basketry hat was probably adopted from the Haida, about 1860. It is also possible that, at least some, unpainted hats were acquired by the Kwakwaka'wakw and painted with their distinctive designs.

Iconographic Meaning

The iconography may depict a sea monster.

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Said to have been gifted to General Chapman of the British Royal Marines c. 1900, at a potlatch in Victoria. His son, Major George Arthur Emerson Chapman is said to have brought the hat with him to Ottawa c. 1924; he then gifted it to Andrew and Mary Hazeland in the 1960s, who brought it back to Victoria.

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Wide brimmed hat with sloping sides and slightly convex across top of crown. Rim has two raised rows of three strand twining. Brim is z-twist plain twining with twill twined zigzag pattern. Crown and top are three strand(?) z-twist twined. Attached inner head band is two strand z-twist. Freely painted design is generally bilaterally symmetrical with a green four pointed star on top with central unpainted channel. Large green ovoid eye on either side of crown, black outlined with round black centre and tapering outline. On crown are green, small b and d shapes surrounding red u-shapes with horizontal red lines between. On front, of crown, is red u with green ovoid at bottom and green u interior. On brim, at front, is a face in square-like black outlined ovoid with wide mouth, red ovoid eyes, green l-shapes above black outlined eyes, and green u-shapes at top. Diagonal limb-like form on sides, with ovoid in ovoid start and bent u to outside with green interior. Red double cross before u-shaped tail section with two black curving lines on sides with central red line crossed by horizontal red lines. Ovoid in ovoids on each side of centre with red and green u's above.