Hat Item Number: A7550 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Crown of hat is painted in orange, white, and blue (very faded). The weave is very fine. Inside head band is missing. Various twined weaves: brim is mixed twine work (diagonal twilled design of concentric diamonds). Crown and top are plain twined work with one row of twisted work as dividing lines.
Narrative
Some items in this collection are thought to have been collected by E. H. Verney, circa 1862. (The seller, D.G. Young, mistakenly wrote in his letters to MOA that the EHV stood for EH Verity.)
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1893
- Collected before 1893
- Owned by Edmund Hope Verney and John Scott Young
- Owned by David G. Young before September 15, 1961
- Received from H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and David G. Young (Seller) on September 15, 1961
What
- Name
- Hat
- Identification Number
- A7550
- Type of Item
- hat
- Material
- spruce root and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined
- Overall
- height 16.5 cm, diameter 36.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Edmund Hope Verney, John Scott Young and David G. Young
- Received from
- H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) and David G. Young (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1893
- Collection Date
- before 1893
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1961
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0053/0024