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Exhibition History"Spirits of the Water: Native Art Collected on Expeditions to Alaska & British Columbia," Foundation la Caixa, Barcelona, January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
ProvenanceGeorge Terasaki (90), New York City
BibliographyBrown, Steven C. "From Taquan to Klukwan: Tracing the Work of an Early Tlingit Master Artist." In Faces, Voices, and Dreams. Edited by Peter Corey. Juneau: Division of Alaska State Museums and the Friends of the Alaska State Museum, 1987, p. 196, cat. no. 171.
"New Acquisitions for Fenimore's Thaw Collection." Antiques and the Arts Weekly 30 March 2001, p.14.
"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 47.
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. 403.
Culture
Tlingit or Haida
Hat
Date1750-1780
MediumSpruce root, paint
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (14 × 31.8 cm)
Object numberT0791
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThe painting on the crown of this hat represents a highly abstract image of a whale. Women often created subtle surface patterns in their weaving and this hat has an understated pattern of diagonal parallel lines on its brim. Hats were respected clan heirlooms and were bestowed with prestigious traditional names. Exhibition History"Spirits of the Water: Native Art Collected on Expeditions to Alaska & British Columbia," Foundation la Caixa, Barcelona, January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2000.
ProvenanceGeorge Terasaki (90), New York City
BibliographyBrown, Steven C. "From Taquan to Klukwan: Tracing the Work of an Early Tlingit Master Artist." In Faces, Voices, and Dreams. Edited by Peter Corey. Juneau: Division of Alaska State Museums and the Friends of the Alaska State Museum, 1987, p. 196, cat. no. 171.
"New Acquisitions for Fenimore's Thaw Collection." Antiques and the Arts Weekly 30 March 2001, p.14.
"Tenth Anniversary of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 1995-2005" in Heritage magazine, 2005, vol 20. pg. 47.
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. 403.
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