Basketry Hat Item Number: 1-358 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
2. TWINED SPRUCE ROOT HAT Haida-style weaving;
Kwakwaka'wakw-style painting
A standard design on painted hats is an abstract animal with a
snout on the brim, eyes on the crown, and a tail opposite the
snout. Fins or wings are located on the brim between the
snout and tail.
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is black, red, and green. The cloth is black.
Item History
- Received from Estate of Caroline McGilvra Burke
What
- Name
- Basketry Hat
- Identification Number
- 1-358
- Type of Item
- basketry hat
- Material
- spruce root, paint and cloth
- Manufacturing Technique
- plain twined, triple twined, skip stitched and painted
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Estate of Caroline McGilvra Burke
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Thomas Burke
- Motif
- Formline Design
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection