Basketry Hat Item Number: E2577-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
A BLACK-BRIMMED HAT. TIGHTLY WOVEN, CONICAL RAINPROOF HAT WHICH IS SLIGHTLY CONCAVE AT THE TOP. A HEAD CAP IS WOVEN IN THE INTERIOR FOR A CLOSER FIT. THE EXTERIOR IS PAINTED WITH A BROAD BLACK, AND BLUISH-BLACK BANDS, WITH FORMLINE DESIGNS IN RED AND BLACK AT THE TOP. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.Illustrated Fig. 7, p. 56 in Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2010, "Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah Black-brimmed Hats: Chronology and Style," American Indian Art Magazine, 35(3). Re the design painted on the hat Ostapkowicz notes that it is a "Two-toned black-brimmed hat. ... The formline design suggests a split, bulbous-headed creature with a fluked tail, perhaps a whale."
Item History
- Made in Washington, USA ? or Oregon, USA ?
- Collected in Washington, USA ? or Oregon, USA ? during 1841
- Received from United States Exploring Expedition during 1858
What
- Name
- Basketry Hat
- Identification Number
- E2577-0
- Type of Item
- hat
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- United States Exploring Expedition
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Washington, USA ? or Oregon, USA ?
- Collected in
- Washington, USA ? or Oregon, USA ?
When
- Collection Date
- during 1841
- Acquisition Date
- during 1858
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00050