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Ceremonial hat

Chugach

Early 19th century

Russian circumnavigations and half round-the-world sea expeditions

spruce root, paint, woolen thread, sinew

height 37 cm, diameter of the brim 35 cm, diameter of the crown 8 cm, height of the extensions 24 cm

The elders wore hats with cylindrical extensions. Such hats were worn during the Potlaches – traditional celebrations that were accompanied with feasts and reciprocity of wealth.

Ethnography of America