Model of ornamented hunting hat. Visor of wood painted red and green. 2 flat bone gull-like heads and 2 ivory seals (front half only) on sunshade part. 2 bone ornaments with excised areas and concentric circles at sides. Grass bundle at back once held feathers.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Antler (material), Ivory (material), and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Hunting hat.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21.7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "cf. Nelson, Pl. LXIV#18
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)