Hat

Museum number:
2-15521
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020015521
Alternate number:
27 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Hats, and Twined weaving
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Production date:
Before 1890
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Rain hat.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 33 centimeters and height 14 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1966-1967 #77: Physical Education Department (UC Berkeley) (March 9, 1967–March 9, 1967), and S2008-2009 #9b: SFO Museum (February 12, 2009–January 11, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-15521, described as Rain hat. Twined basketry hat with red and black painted totemic designs.

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