Hat
NA8504
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA8504 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit | L’uknaxh.ádi Clan | Sitka L’uknaxh.ádi Clan | Sea Lion House |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Pigment | Wood | Ermine | Mollusk Shell | Leather | String |
| Iconography | Raven |
| Description | Woven hat with a raven design painted on in black, green, and red. A wooden raven's beak is attached to the front above a painted, skeletonized animal. The beak is painted black with red lips and abalone shell inlay for teeth. Feather designs are painted along the sides and back of the hat. A zigzag or "tree shadow" design is woven into the lower half (Frances Paul, 1944 p. 54). Top-stock of three spruce root basketry rings painted green with an ermine pelt attached to the top ring. A hat band encircles the center of the interior with animal hide straps attached to affix the hat to the wearer's head. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, diagonal/twill twining, three-strand. |
| Height | 29 cm |
| Width | 41 cm |
| Depth | 39 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
| Other Number | HT7 - Collector Number |
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