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Object Number 2004.29.3519
Display Title Basketwork hat
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Nootka Indians (Wakashan) / Also Neg # 1683. / #268, Exchanged for American Indian Materials to Denver Art Museum, 1952 / Gift of Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. by Capt. Masee 1792. / Hats from the Nootka Sound region. Originals in Peabody Museum. / 1 not figured (#268, (Mass. Hist. Society Collections) Exchanged to Heye Museum 1929 for 29-16"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Clothing and Accessory
Subject
  • Hat
  • Basketry
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Nootka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Nootka sound
Dimensions Overall: 7.62 x 7.62 cm (3 x 3 in.)

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