Basketry Hat Item Number: 2001-8/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Haida spruce root hat made by Isabel Rorick, the daughter of Primrose Adams. She learned to weave from her grandmother, Selina Peratrovich. Isabel recently traveled to several museum collections, including the Burke Museum, to study Haida basketry. According to Isabel Rorick, this hat was made in the style of Mrs. Tom Price. Burke Museum cat. no. 2001-8/1, puchased with funds donated by Lawrence Christian.
Item History
- Made by Isabel Rorick
- Received
What
- Name
- Basketry Hat
- Identification Number
- 2001-8/1
- Type of Item
- basketry hat
- Material
- spruce root
- Manufacturing Technique
- plain twined, triple twined and skip stitched
- Overall
- height 7.1 in, diameter 15.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Creator
- Isabel Rorick
- Received from
- “Museum Expedition - Anthropology Division” ?
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Purchased with funds donated by Larry Christian
- Motif
- Geometric
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection