Hat model

Museum number:
2-2128
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Model of wooden hat. Red and green paint. Two ivory gull-like beaks, one walrus head in front, two ivory ornaments with incised circles at sides, feathers attached at back.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Hunting visor.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Erna Gunther, "The Alaska Native Arts Come Home," Centennial Exposition catalog, May 27-Sept. 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska, p. 13. Remarks: Exhibited: Centennial Exposition, May 27-Sept. 30, 1967, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #89: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (April 17, 1967–October 2, 1967)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat model, accession number 2-2128, described as Model of wooden hat. Red and green paint. Two ivory gull-like beaks, one walrus head in front, two ivory ornaments with incised circles at sides, feathers attached at back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat model, accession number 2-2128, described as Model of wooden hat. Red and green paint. Two ivory gull-like beaks, one walrus head in front, two ivory ornaments with incised circles at sides, feathers attached at back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat model, accession number 2-2128, described as Model of wooden hat. Red and green paint. Two ivory gull-like beaks, one walrus head in front, two ivory ornaments with incised circles at sides, feathers attached at back.

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