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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.
Datec. 1875
MediumSpruce root, maiden hair fern
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (8.1 × 8.3 × 6.4 cm) Top: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.497
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. 42, illus. 37).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
? - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
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 inside hat: NANW 39
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Miniature Hat
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root with maiden hair fern and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.495
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Miniature Hat
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.496
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Embroidered hat
Date: 20th century
Medium: Wool, cotton lining, thread, felt
Object number: 2023.10.14
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Embroidered hat
Unknown artist, Chinese
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Medium: Silk, cotton
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Medium: Woven grass
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Miniature hat
Miniature hat
Date: date unknown
Medium: Natural fiber
Object number: 1984.498
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Shoe
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Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Cotton, leather, twine, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.1
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Date: c. 1920
Medium: Leather, thread, wool, dye
Object number: 2023.10.8a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
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Date: 20th century
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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Fez
Unknown artist
Date: after 1800
Medium: Felt, thread
Object number: 2023.10.16
Photograph by Dave Revette
Place Mat
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root, natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.493
Place Mat
Place Mat
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.491