Basketry Hat, Painted Item Number: E88961A-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Red and black design with sweat band of decorated cloth. On exhibit: Hall 11, May 1990." Per Jay Stewart and Peter Macnair 7-20-2005 this is a spruce root hat, "maker unknown. The weaver and the painter of this hat appear to be the originators of a tradition of making spruce root hats for sale that continued into the 20th century. This is one of the earliest spruce root hats that was made for sale."
Item History
- Made in Masset, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in Masset, British Columbia, Canada during July 1883
- Received on December 21, 1883
What
- Name
- Basketry Hat, Painted
- Identification Number
- E88961A-0
- Type of Item
- hat
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Masset, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Masset, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during July 1883
- Acquisition Date
- on December 21, 1883
Other
- Accession Number
- 013804