Basketry cap

Museum number:
2-82
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Cap of woven grass; tan leather used in trim of hat, birdskin dyed with brown pigment used in trim on peak and in two rows on top of hat. (Rare)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Caps (headgear)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 24.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 2-82, described as Cap of woven grass; tan leather used in trim of hat, birdskin dyed with brown pigment used in trim on peak and in two rows on top of hat. (Rare)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Basketry cap, accession number 2-82, described as Cap of woven grass; tan leather used in trim of hat, birdskin dyed with brown pigment used in trim on peak and in two rows on top of hat. (Rare)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 2-82, described as Cap of woven grass; tan leather used in trim of hat, birdskin dyed with brown pigment used in trim on peak and in two rows on top of hat. (Rare)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 2-82, described as Cap of woven grass; tan leather used in trim of hat, birdskin dyed with brown pigment used in trim on peak and in two rows on top of hat. (Rare)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry cap, accession number 2-82, described as Cap of woven grass; tan leather used in trim of hat, birdskin dyed with brown pigment used in trim on peak and in two rows on top of hat. (Rare)

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