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 BAND, AND HAS ABSTRACTED DESIGNS IN RED AND BLACK AT THE TOP. THE TOP OF THE HAT HAS A SMALL SQUARE OF BLUE FELT ATTACHED, AND THERE ARE TWO 2-PLY TWIST CORDS FOR TYING HAT TO HEAD ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR HEAD CAP. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.Illustrated Fig. 6, p. 55 in Ostapkowicz, Joanna, 2010, "Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah Black-brimmed Hats: Chronology and Style," American Indian Art Magazine, 35(3). Painted design on hat identified there as suggesting a frog.

While the accession file lists this as collected on Vancouver Island, it has been identified as originally made in Pohnpei. See p. 220 (ill. *13) in Blau, Daniel, Klaus Maaz, Anthony J. P Meyer and Sydney Picasso. 2023. Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands : A Pictorial Guide to the Fish Hooks from the Peoples of the Pacific Islands. Vol II. Munich: Daniel Blau. Identified as a Pohnpei shell fish hook with twisted plant fiber leader.