Basketry Hat | Potlatch Rings Item Number: 2005-21/7 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is red, black, and green.
Exhibit Label
9. TWINED SPRUCE ROOT HAT Haida-style weaving;
Kwakwaka'wakw-style painting; rings from a different hat
This hat has been altered from its original form. It appears
that parts of two separate hats have been joined together,
the basketry rings and the crown of the hat (at the top) have
been joined to the flaring sides.
Item History
- Received from John A. Putnam
What
- Name
- Basketry Hat | Potlatch Rings
- Identification Number
- 2005-21/7
- Type of Item
- basketry hat and potlatch ring
- Material
- spruce root, cedar bark, ermine and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- plain twined, triple twined, skip stitched and painted
- Overall
- height 12.0 in, diameter 15.5 in
Who
- Culture
- Haida and Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- John A. Putnam
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Formline | Animal
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection