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ProvenanceSkittagetan family, Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia; H. Stadthagen, Victoria, British Columbia; Gottlieb Adam Steiner (A25), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1909; Gene Quintana, Carmichael, California; Jack D. Antle, Durango, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.354.
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. 384.
Culture
Haida
Hat
Datec. 1900
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (29.2 × 32.4 cm)
Object numberT0193
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThe three stacked rings at the top of this hat symbolize the ranking and status of the owner and are associated with chiefly status. The painted design commands much of the surface and may represent the raven, an important mythological being and a clan emblem. Decorated woven hats were highly valued and respected clan heirlooms.ProvenanceSkittagetan family, Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia; H. Stadthagen, Victoria, British Columbia; Gottlieb Adam Steiner (A25), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1909; Gene Quintana, Carmichael, California; Jack D. Antle, Durango, Colorado
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.354.
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. 384.
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