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.

S'abadeb-Seattle Art Museum This unusual shaped basketry hat was a commission by the Burke Museum, which asked Karen Skyki Reed to replicate an ancient hat unearthed at Wapato Creek in 1976. Reed's grandmother had lived at Wapato Creek in Tacoma, Washington, which was an ancestral home of the Puyallup Tribe. A gifted basket maker and apprentice of Gerald Bruce Subiyay Miller, Reed noted that the old hat was so well preserved that she could puzzle out how the inner hat was made and attached to the outer twined hat. Contemporary artists revel in the opportunity to re-create older artifacts to determine how they were made and how their forms evolved over time. Purchased with funds donated by Lawrence Christian.

The linen is blue. The bead is blue.

The cedar bark is red. The cedar bark is yellow. The dye is blue.

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

Bruce Subiyay Miller (10-14-00): Description of Twana Twined Basket: The Loops: The ears on the rim were originally used to lash a soft cover on the basket to keep the contents secure and intact. The braided finish proper: This symbolized order and completion or closure. It is a finishing of the project so that there are no loose ends that allow the basket to unravel. It symbolizes an orderly completion. The rim design: Wolves and Helldivers - The wolves gave the Twana man the life model that Puget Salish Society was based upon. They taught man loyalty to his people, the necessity of an orderly hierarchy, the importance of honor and family and that only the strong survive. The Helldivers, commonly known as the Western Grebe symbolize swiftness and watchfulness. Their power to escape the enemy was the result of paying attention and watching for signs of danger. The Box in a Box: A series of rectangles within each other symbolizes accumulated wealth as well as knowledge. The Wool Dog: Standing on top of the box design is the wool dog a symbol of material wealth. This dog is the main emblem of the Skokomish Tribe. Crows Dishes: Triangular shapes bordering the ends of the box design represent limpet shells split so that one half is on each side of the box design. During pre-human times when animals were people these were crows feast dishes. Puppy Pens: The diamonds in the center of the box designs represent puppy pens where the wool dogs were raised. The puppy in the design is like the Hell Diver except the puppies face to the left and the Hell Diver faces to the right. The Man Design: The man is surrounded by symbols that represent his culture. He is secure in the knowledge of his true identity; it gives him strength and a foundation for personal security. This has been his identity from the beginning of time.

The bear grass is natural, dye, and purple.

The natural is dye and black.

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