Basketry Hat

Item number E420047-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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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.