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Datec. 1875
MediumSpruce root and natural and dyed grass
DimensionsOverall: 4 in. × 2 1/2 in. × 1 3/4 in. (10.2 × 6.4 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Benjamin W. Arnold, Class of 1866; Transferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.496
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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Additional Details
Exhibition History
1985
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985.
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Wonderful Heroes, Fearsome Creatures," November 2 - December 14, 1985.
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.
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 ink on bottom: NANW 38 / E24
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Spruce root with maiden hair fern and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.495
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root, natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.493
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.491
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.479
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.490
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.492
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.494
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.475a-b
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.478
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root, natural and dyed grass, and a glass bottle
Object number: 1984.489a-b
Date: c. 1875-1900
Medium: Natural and dyed spruce root and natural and dyed grass
Object number: 1984.477