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Basketry hat
Native American, Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
about 1900–10
Object Place: Vancouver Island (West coast), British Columbia, Canada
Medium/Technique
Red cedar bark and pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 19.1cm (7 1/2in.)
Other: 26.7cm (10 1/2in.)
Other: 26.7cm (10 1/2in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by John S. Montgomery and the Curator's Fund
Accession Number1995.111
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsBasketry
DescriptionTall, flat-topped domed shape. Reddish-gold fibers. Top area shows four plaited squares, around which twining with narrow strips of bark begins. Diagonal look to twining on body of hat, ending with a braided band. Black and red bands encircle top of hat and just above lower braid. Black thick and thin lines describe face of crest totem. Red moustache-like shape above mouth with teeth indicated in red and red dots on cheeks. Fragmented joint ovals and fins arranged around circumference of hat.
ProvenanceSaid to have been purchased by a Mr. Peterson, Portland, OR [see note]; to his wife, Marsella Peterson; given by Marsella Peterson to Walter Earl, Antique Gallery, Anchorage, AK; 1995, sold by Antique Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 1995)
NOTE: According to Antique Gallery, a collector and member of the Oregon legislature. His wife gave the collection to Walter Earl to disperse.
NOTE: According to Antique Gallery, a collector and member of the Oregon legislature. His wife gave the collection to Walter Earl to disperse.