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Basket hat

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Basket hat

Artist: Nootka , Haida NW Coast
Location where collected:British Columbia, Canada
Medium: Cedar bark
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 1910.1.11 LA
DescriptionTwined (9 stitches to the inch) cedar bark, plaited start, then 2-ply S twining. Inside head band atached by wrapping warps of headband around the weft of the inner wall of the hat. Dome-shaped and semi-flexible. Rim set off with two lines of distinctive twining. Base and start and finish of the rim are 3ply S twining.
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