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Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Miniature Hat
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by Bryan Edwards, Class of 2019. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker
Datec. 1875
MediumSpruce root with maiden hair fern and natural and dyed grass
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 × 3 3/8 in. (5.7 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Benjamin W. Arnold, Class of 1866; Transferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.495
Not on view
DescriptionHat shape with black line design. A doll hat made for the tourist market that represents a European hat style.
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Exhibition History 1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985 (cat. no. 40, illus. 37).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
c. late 1800s, definitely by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift of Benjamin W. Arnold.
Published References WONDERFUL HEROES FEARSOME CREATURES: ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST exh. cat. (Clinton, NY: Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1985), 37, illus. 37.
Inscribed Inscribed in black ink under brim of hat: NANW 35 b / E3
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Miniature Hat
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root, maiden hair fern
Object number: 1984.497
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Miniature Hat
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.496
Photograph by Dave Revette
Place Mat
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root, natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.493
Place Mat
Place Mat
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.491
Miniature Basket
Miniature Basket
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.479
Place Mat
Place Mat
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.490
Photograph by Dave Revette
Place Mat
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.492
Place Mat
Place Mat
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.494
Rattle Lid basket
Rattle Lid basket
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.475a-b
Basket
Basket
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.478
Basketry Covered Glass Bottle with Lid
Basketry Covered Glass Bottle with Lid
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root, natural and dyed grass, and a glass bottle
Object number: 1984.489a-b
Basket
Basket
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.477