МАЭ № 562-5

Woven hat

Chugach

prior to 1792

spruce root, paint, sinew, porcupine quills

height 9 cm, diameter of the brim 30 cm, diameter of the crown 9.5 cm.

This low hat with a small brim belongs to the oldest type of Chugach hat. The hats dating from the first half of the 19th Century were taller and had wider brims, as a rule, around 40 centimeters in diameter. The front part of the crown is decorated with the head of a killer whale or a sea lion. On the opposite there is an anthropomorphic mask that symbolized his soul.

Ethnography of America