Rainhat. Painted heraldic designs in red, black, and blue-green including two eyes. 4 lobed red and blue-green designs in crown. Resembles Haida hats in having inverted work position, but is unlike them in shape, starting knot, use of twill twining for the sides, and plain twining on the apex. There are other differences as well (see card).
Donor:
Mrs. Raymond Ehrhardt and Percy V. Long
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Northwest Coastal People
Collector:
Mrs. Percy V. Long and Percy V. Long
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Rainhat.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 35 centimeters and height 19.5 centimeters