Basket Hat Item Number: E230103-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
INFORMATION COPIED FROM LEDGER,AUGUST,1983. "LPX ORDER 670 $91.33"From card: "Brown basket conical hat w/ red and black design."Pamela Brown (Heiltsuk) and Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This hat labeled as Bella Bella was most likely given as a gift, acquired through marriage, or stolen. Heiltsuk hats are never shaped in this way. It has very Makah and West coast design choices.