Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick W. Skiff (1868-1947, a Portland, Oregon, accountant and antiquarian); purchased by MAI from Frederick Skiff in 1927.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Previous owner
- Frederick W. Skiff (Frederick Woodward Skiff/F.W. Skiff), Non-Indian, 1868-1947
- Seller
- Frederick W. Skiff (Frederick Woodward Skiff/F.W. Skiff), Non-Indian, 1868-1947
- Object Name
- Basket hat
- Media/Materials
- Cedar bark, spruce root
- Techniques
- Twined, plaited
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
