Basketry Hat Item Number: 1578 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is dark green.
Exhibit Label
3. TWINED SPRUCE ROOT HAT
Haida-style weaving; collected from the Tlingit
Greenish-blue paint was often applied to hats. Underneath
the green paint are traces of a design that used black, yellow,
and red. Whether it was painted over for aesthetic or
water-proofing purposes in unknown.
Item History
- Received from George T. Emmons
What
- Name
- Basketry Hat
- Identification Number
- 1578
- Type of Item
- basketry hat
- Material
- spruce root and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- plain twined, triple twined, skip stitched and painted
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Received from
- George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Purchased from George T. Emmons
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection