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HatNb3.1414

Wide brimmed hat with sloping sides and slightly convex across top of crown. Rim has two raised rows of three strand twining. Brim is z-twist plain twining with twill twined zigzag pattern. Crown and top are three strand(?) z-twist twined. Attached inner head band is two strand z-twist. Freely painted design is generally bilaterally symmetrical with a green four pointed star on top with central unpainted channel. Large green ovoid eye on either side of crown, black outlined with round black centre and tapering outline. On crown are green, small b and d shapes surrounding red u-shapes with horizontal red lines between. On front, of crown, is red u with green ovoid at bottom and green u interior. On brim, at front, is a face in square-like black outlined ovoid with wide mouth, red ovoid eyes, green l-shapes above black outlined eyes, and green u-shapes at top. Diagonal limb-like form on sides, with ovoid in ovoid start and bent u to outside with green interior. Red double cross before u-shaped tail section with two black curving lines on sides with central red line crossed by horizontal red lines. Ovoid in ovoids on each side of centre with red and green u's above.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and spruce root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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