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Painted Spruce Root Hat
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Painted Spruce Root Hat
Painted Spruce Root Hat

Painted Spruce Root Hat

Date1879
Mediumspruce root, paint
DimensionsOther: 37 × 19 cm (14 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1110
Object numberHRC 01110
Descriptionflared conical spruce root hat. concave top, crown and brim worked in z twining wiht a single row of 3 ply s twining flanked by 2 single rows of 3 ply z twining separating the top/crown fields, and a single row of 3 ply z twining separating the crown/brim fields. brim has a zig zag pattern in twill twining. a single row of 3 ply twining is separated from the braided rim by two rows of 2 ply twining. headband worked into interior. plain top and rim, crown and brim painted overall with an animal deisgn in black, red and blue.
Exhibition HistoryNGC (1927)
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