Cap

Museum number:
2-19166
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Made of seal gut; multicolored decorations.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Both Koniag and Aleuts adopted for use the Russian sailor hat, but made them of gut. Sometimes it is possible to distinguish Koniag vs. Aleut by color - The Aleuts used polychrome, Koniag tended to red-black-white, occasionally... (cont'd in Comments)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 22 centimeters
Comment:
(cont'd from Use Context): green; Aleuts used many shades of green, blue, yellow, red and orange in addition to black and white." (fide Lydia Black, 1982). Same as 2-19167
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-19166, described as Made of seal gut; multicolored decorations.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-19166, described as Made of seal gut; multicolored decorations.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-19166, described as Made of seal gut; multicolored decorations.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-19166, described as Made of seal gut; multicolored decorations.

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