Object name: Hat / Object type: ethnography / Collection place: Southern Alaska - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-10860, described as Soft twined basketry dance hat; no inside band. Made from spruce root. Worn, native mending.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-6444, described as Hunting hat. Bentwood, painted with red, black, blue and yellow green designs following form of helmet, inter-spaced with circles filled with rays. One blue, one white and one millifiore bead with yarn on walrus or sea lion whiskers. Ivory or whalebone piece attached to back with sinew. Braided sinew chin strap, side decorations of hair and sinew. Center string red and yellow. Used to protect eyes from sun and salt spray while men hunted in kayak.

Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-10859, described as Soft, twined basketry. Inside rim with tie strings. Spruce root.