Hat with dogfish design
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Haida
- Artist/Maker
- attributed to Isabella Edenshaw (Kwii.aang), Haida, 1858-1926 (weaving) and Charles Edenshaw (Charles Edensaw/Tahaygen/Da.axiigang), Haida, 1839-1920 (painting)
- Possible collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of and probably collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1920 with funds donated by MAI trustees James B. Ford (1844-1928) and Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Date created
- circa 1890
- Catalog Number
- 9/8015
- Barcode
- 098015.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Object Name
- Hat with dogfish design
- Media/Materials
- Spruce root, paint
- Techniques
- Twined, painted
- Dimensions
- 41 x 21 cm
- Place
- Haida Gwaii(Queen Charlotte Islands); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada
- Archipelago
- Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
- See related items
- Haida
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- On View
- NMAI, New York, NY: Ancestral Connections, East Wall
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_105824
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69ae65be6-8a27-4b76-8366-bd799579e3cf
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