Hat

Museum number:
2-83
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000083
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Wide brimmed with crown; twined grass with red and black encircling bands; edge bound with skin; 3-strand braided twining at top angle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
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:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Made to sell as a novelty to white men.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 35 centimeters and height 10 centimeters
Loans:
S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 2-83, described as Wide brimmed with crown; twined grass with red and black encircling bands; edge bound with skin; 3-strand braided twining at top angle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Hat, accession number 2-83, described as Wide brimmed with crown; twined grass with red and black encircling bands; edge bound with skin; 3-strand braided twining at top angle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-83, described as Wide brimmed with crown; twined grass with red and black encircling bands; edge bound with skin; 3-strand braided twining at top angle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-83, described as Wide brimmed with crown; twined grass with red and black encircling bands; edge bound with skin; 3-strand braided twining at top angle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-83, described as Wide brimmed with crown; twined grass with red and black encircling bands; edge bound with skin; 3-strand braided twining at top angle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 2-83, described as Wide brimmed with crown; twined grass with red and black encircling bands; edge bound with skin; 3-strand braided twining at top angle.

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