Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Ida Casey Dyer (Mrs. Daniel Burns Dyer, 1864-1921), whose Indian art collection was purchased by the St. Louis Museum (associated with Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri) from Ida Dyer after 1905; purchased by MAI from Washington University in 1960.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Hupa
- Possible owner
- Ida Casey Dyer (Mrs. Daniel Burns Dyer), Non-Indian, 1864-1921
- Possible seller
- Ida Casey Dyer (Mrs. Daniel Burns Dyer), Non-Indian, 1864-1921
- Previous owner
- Washington University
- Seller
- Washington University
- Object Name
- Woman's basket hat
- Media/Materials
- Hazel, conifer root, bear grass, maidenhair fern stem, woodwardia fern, dentalium shell/shells, glass bead/beads, abalone/haliotis shell, cordage
- Techniques
- Twined, strung
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
