Hat Item Number: 1884.91.19 from the Pitt Rivers Museum
Notes Recorded During Mapping
item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Item History
- Made in British Columbia Vancouver Island Alaska NW Coast, Canada ?
- Owned
- Received from Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers during 1884
What
- Name
- Hat
- Identification Number
- 1884.91.19
- Type of Item
- hat
- Material
- spruce root plant, cedar bark, pigment and cotton textile plant
- Manufacturing Technique
- basketry, woven, twined woven and painted
- Measurements
- “Max Diam at brim = 355 mm Max Diam at top = 108 mm” ?
Who
- Culture
- Haida ? or Tlingit ?
- Creator
- “Unknown” ?
- Field Collector
- “Unknown” ?
- Previous Owner
- “Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display, as part of the first batch of objects sent there, probably in 1874. This object was listed in the Delivery Catalogue as having been transferred from South Kensington Museum in 1884” ?
- Received from
- Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers
Where
- Holding Institution
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Made in
- British Columbia Vancouver Island Alaska NW Coast, Canada ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1884
Other
- Keyword
- Hat; Bird Figure
- Class
- Clothing Headgear; Basketry; ?Trade