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Basketry hat
Basketry hat

Basketry hat

about 1900–10
Object PlaceVancouver Island (West coast), British Columbia, Canada
Medium/TechniqueRed cedar bark and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 19.1cm (7 1/2in.)
Other: 26.7cm (10 1/2in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by John S. Montgomery and the Curator's Fund
Accession number1995.111
On View
On view
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
ProvenanceSaid to have been purchased by a Mr. Peterson, Portland, OR [see note]; to his wife, Marsella Peterson; given by Marsella Peterson to Walter Earl, Antique Gallery, Anchorage, AK; 1995, sold by Antique Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 21, 1995)

NOTE: According to Antique Gallery, a collector and member of the Oregon legislature. His wife gave the collection to Walter Earl to disperse.