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Object Number
69-30-10/1611
Display Title
Wooden visor
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden hat, used at sea. Wooden visor. Animal effigy. Made of bent wood (spruce?) with baleen stitching. Attachments of multicolored thread, fur, and feathers. The carved figures on the side represent puffins. The figures in squares on top represent killerwhales. The upper lines on the posterior are combinations of red over black and signify the number of battles, and the bottom lines represent the number of journeys. The painted crescent on top represents nostrils.
Inventory Description
Hat, bent wood painted red, green, white, whale motifs, ivory cavings attached
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Alutiiq?
- Unangan?
- Yupik?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Aleutian Islands?; Mainland Alaska?
Materials
Wood , Fiber , Wool , Hair , Feather , Pigment , Ivory , Twine , Spruce? , Thread , Fur , Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 23.2 x 28.5 x 19 cm (9 1/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
1611
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(10/01/1867-07/01/1868)
Seller
Donated by
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(1869)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69-20-10/1263 | Wooden visor |
Visor
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 69-30-10/1599 | Ceremonial hat |
Hat
|
Juneau Borough
| |
| 69-30-10/1606 | Wooden mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
Alaska
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28678B | Cotton Snake Dance kilt |
Skirt
|
Walpi
| |
| 45-25-10/28691 | Pueblo Dance Kilt |
Skirt
|
Arizona
| |
| 45-25-10/28692 | Pueblo Dance Kilt |
Skirt
|
Arizona
| |
| 30-69-10/K59 | Knife Sheath |
Sheath
|
South Dakota?
North Dakota? | |
|
Media Restricted
| 67-9-10/85 | Model of a canoe |
Figurine
|
Kodiak Island?
| |
| 69-30-10/1596 | Carved wooden visor |
Headband
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1612 | Wooden visor |
Visor
|
Alaska
| |
| 05-7-10/65520 | Headdress |
Headdress
|
Klukwan
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 99-12-10/53041 | Biographical war shirt |
Shirt
|
United States
|