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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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