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Hat (Tuque)
Hat (Tuque)

Hat (Tuque)

Date1875-1900
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 × 10 in. (24.1 × 25.4 cm)
Object numberT0667
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextSome Montagnais girls and women still wear tuques, a traditional style of hat which is made of six alternating pieces of red and black cloth. Stylized double curve motifs and multicolored bands of beading accent the edge of the tuque.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Massachusetts; Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.101.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 108.
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