Hat

Item

Title
Hat
Tribe
Haida
Location
Alaska
Dimensions
7 x 17 x 17 inches 17.8 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm
Accession Number
NAB-29
Collector
L.C. Fletcher
Description
This hat is from the Haida Tribe of Alaska. The animal depicted on this hat is a raven, done in the formline style of the Northwestern Coasts of the Americas. Painted woven hats with formline art, such as this piece, were a common item made and sold by Haida women to tourists in the late nineteenth Century.
Item sets
Sunnergren

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