Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in 1868; formerly in the collection of Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899); purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1916.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Object Name
- Man's basket hat
- Media/Materials
- Spruce root, dentalium shell/shells, glass bead/beads, walrus whiskers, wool cloth, paint
- Techniques
- Twined, painted, stitched
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
