Cap

Museum number:
2-6679
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2872 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of seal gut decorated with feathers and red, blue, green and black yarn.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For hunting sea otter
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
across crown— width 21 centimeters
Loans:
S1982-1983 #9: California History Center, De Anza College (September 15, 1982–March 2, 1983) and S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-6679, described as Made of seal gut decorated with feathers and red, blue, green and black yarn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-6679, described as Made of seal gut decorated with feathers and red, blue, green and black yarn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-6679, described as Made of seal gut decorated with feathers and red, blue, green and black yarn.

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