Cape

Museum number:
2-4757
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004757
Alternate number:
x-1153 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Hide, painted with crest design.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Capes (outerwear)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Doctor's coat. Dance cape (fide Vera Mae Fredrickson).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 79 centimeters and width 57 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1973-1974 #65: Oakland Museum of California (March 8, 1974–April 24, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Cape, accession number 2-4757, described as Hide, painted with crest design.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Cape, accession number 2-4757, described as Hide, painted with crest design.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Cape, accession number 2-4757, described as Hide, painted with crest design.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Cape, accession number 2-4757, described as Hide, painted with crest design.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cape, accession number 2-4757, described as Hide, painted with crest design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cape, accession number 2-4757, described as Hide, painted with crest design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cape, accession number 2-4757, described as Hide, painted with crest design.

Tools