Cap

Museum number:
2-62140
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1966 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nunivak Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Margaret Lantis
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Worn in sweatbath.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters
Comment:
Cf. 2-62121 for sweathouse towel/brush also collected by Lantis.
Loans:
S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-62140, described as Murre skins with feathers still attached; self lined; white and brown feathers (entire body less head and tail).

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