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Object Number
99-12-10/53081
Display Title
Black-rimmed hat
Descriptions
Object Description
Conical in shape, resembling an onion-dome hat but with the knob on top replaced by a concave depression. Atypical of other black-rimmed Makah or Nuu-chah-nulth hats, however, in that its sides are not concave, it is somewhat broader, it is not as tall, and its design motifs are much less abstract. Dyes are red and black, with areas of natural fiber incorporated as a third color in two-dimensional designs. Iconographic elements include two stylized male elk heads with fully developed antlers, a large, black-outlined central oval shape which may represent a vulva, and two smaller oval shapes outside the interlocked antlers and opposite each other that appear to be eyes.
Inventory Description
Basketry hat, conical, painted red and black.
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1800-1840
Culture
- Nootka
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Makah
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
North America / United States
North America / United States
Materials
Spruce root Cedar bark Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 39.4 x 38 x 12 cm (15 1/2 x 14 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-10/53081
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
William Clark
(Unknown - Unknown)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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