Hat

Museum number:
2-4448
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004448
Alternate number:
x-594 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
With rounded brim and crown, plain twined, encircling bands of false embroidery with brown rectangular designs on yellow ground. Spruce root, grass stems. Acculturated shape.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Hats, and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Possibly made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 26.5 centimeters, width 5 centimeters, and height 10 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 2-4448, described as With rounded brim and crown, plain twined, encircling bands of false embroidery with brown rectangular designs on yellow ground. Spruce root, grass stems. Acculturated shape.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 2-4448, described as With rounded brim and crown, plain twined, encircling bands of false embroidery with brown rectangular designs on yellow ground. Spruce root, grass stems. Acculturated shape.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-4448, described as With rounded brim and crown, plain twined, encircling bands of false embroidery with brown rectangular designs on yellow ground. Spruce root, grass stems. Acculturated shape.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-4448, described as With rounded brim and crown, plain twined, encircling bands of false embroidery with brown rectangular designs on yellow ground. Spruce root, grass stems. Acculturated shape.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-4448, described as With rounded brim and crown, plain twined, encircling bands of false embroidery with brown rectangular designs on yellow ground. Spruce root, grass stems. Acculturated shape.

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