Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been owned by Yaheye (The Bear, Ehattesaht Nuu-chah-nulth); acquired by the MAI gift shop for resale at an unknown date; transferred to the MAI collection in 1972.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Ehattesaht Nuu-chah-nulth
- Previous owner
- Yaheye (The Bear), Ehattesaht Nuu-chah-nulth
- Museum Shop, Museum of the American Indian (MAI museum shop/Book Counter), 1956-1989
- Object Name
- Basket hat
- Media/Materials
- Cedar bark, spruce root
- Techniques
- Twined, painted
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
