Beaded dance headdress; headdress-cap with pendant back and sides; glass trade beads of many colors and sizes including, round dark blue beads at base; rawhide divider strips.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kuskokwim; Lower Kuskokwim River per Elizabeth Goodwin, Bristol Bay per Jessica Towns Sugpiaq Artist.
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Yup'ik
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
According to Elizabeth Goodwin, this is a ladys hat from Kuskokwim area and is worn only at weddings.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 64 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: cf. 2-53046. According to Elizabeth Goodwin, this is a ladies hat from Kuskokwim area and is worn only at weddings.
Loans:
S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993), S2007-2008 #1: Anchorage Museum at Rasmunson Center (January 10, 2008–August 13, 2010), and S2018-2019 #1: Minneapolis Institute of Art (May 1, 2019–September 20, 2020)