Basketry Hat Item Number: E420047-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
TWINED BASKETRY IN SPRUCE ROOT; CYLINDRICAL BAND OF TWINED SPRUCE ROOT WOVEN INSIDE TO FORM INNER CROWN. UN-DECORATED.Letter from donor dated May 3, 1978, filed in accession file, indicates that this object was acquired from the Eskridge family in Olympia, WA, who are descended from Governor [Isaac] Stevens. This object was said to formerly have been part of the personal collection of James Gilchrist Swan and at one time to have had a label with it in Swan's hand.
Item History
- Made in USA
- Collected by James G. Swan, Eskridge family and Dr. Franz Stenzel in USA
- Received on January 16, 1980
What
- Name
- Basketry Hat
- Identification Number
- E420047-0
- Type of Item
- hat
Who
- Culture
- Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan, Eskridge family and Dr. Franz Stenzel
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- USA
- Collected in
- USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on January 16, 1980
Other
- Accession Number
- 339399