Notes

A black-brimmed painted basketry hat. Illustrated Fig. 15, p. 64 in Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2010, "Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah Black-brimmed Hats: Chronology and Style," American Indian Art Magazine, 35(3).From Chirouse's entry on the hat in his catalogue in the accession file: "No. 3. Makha-Shekho. Shekho is the name of every kind of head-dress. The present hat was used by men and women untill the whites came to the country. It is called Makha, because the Makha were the first makers of that kind of hat. The designs on the hat represent the eyes of a mighty spirit that protects men against the injuries of the weather." "Makha" referenced above may refer to the Makah? - F. Pickering 1-15-2008Provenience note: many objects in the Chirouse collection were catalogued as Duwamish, however that really only seems to definitively apply to Catalogue No. 130965. Accession record indicates that the collection is the "handiwork of the Snohomish, Swinomish, Lummi, Muckleshoot and Etakmur Indians on the Tulalip Reservation in Washington Territory".