The spruce root is natural. The spruce root is dye, brown, green, and red. The grass is dye, red, green, and yellow.

The spruce root is natural. The spruce root is dye, black, green, purple, and red. The grass is dye, red, tan, and yellow.

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-The Owl represents one of Jan Criswell's Haida crests. Janice teaches basketry at the University of Alaska Southeast, and is on the Advisory Board of the Bill Holm Center at the Burke Museum. The painting is by her husband, Steve Henrikson, Curator of Collections at the Alaska State Museum.

Haida spruce root hat made by Isabel Rorick, the daughter of Primrose Adams. She learned to weave from her grandmother, Selina Peratrovich. Isabel recently traveled to several museum collections, including the Burke Museum, to study Haida basketry. According to Isabel Rorick, this hat was made in the style of Mrs. Tom Price. Burke Museum cat. no. 2001-8/1, puchased with funds donated by Lawrence Christian.

The spruce root is natural. The spruce root is brown. The paint is red and black.

The natural is dye and black.

1800s; Gift of John A. Putnam, 2000; No. 2000-54/1

Late 1800s

8. TWINED SPRUCE ROOT HAT Haida-style weaving; painted blue-green It appears that this hat was painted blue-green only, while No. 3 had a pattern painted on it, and was then painted over. Many Haida-style hats in museum collections have this finish, which may have been applied as rainproofing.