Cedar Bark Hat Item Number: E16267-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "WIDE, TRUNCATED CONE SHAPED, OF CEDAR BARK, IN TWILLED TWINED WEAVING, (MODIFIED). NATURAL COLOR, HEADBAND INSIDE AND COTTON CLOTH TIES. VERY FINE TIGHT WEAVING, IN FINE CONDITION. (11/1963)."Object is a woman's hat from Yakutat Tlingit, Port Mulgrave, per Dall's field catalogue, filed under Accession No. 3258, entry under # 1168.Alan Zuboff, an elder, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24. This object is a working hat and would not be used as at.oow (clan property).
Item History
- Made in Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. William H. Dall in Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Received from U.S. Coast Survey during 1874
What
- Name
- Cedar Bark Hat
- Identification Number
- E16267-0
- Type of Item
- hat
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Yakutat
- Field Collector
- Dr. William H. Dall
- Received from
- U.S. Coast Survey
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Port Mulgrave, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1874
Other
- Accession Number
- 003195