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UNIDENTIFIED NUU-CHAH-NULTH or MAKAH ARTIST
Painted Rain Hat with Bubble Feeding Baleen Humpback Whale Design, c. 1920s or 1930scedar bark and spruce root , 5.5 x 13 x 13 in (14 x 33 x 33 cm)
unsigned.$ 1,750.00Further images
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A sturdy and symmetrical double woven conical shaped rain hat in a Nuu-Chah-Nulth or Makah style dating from the 1920’s or 1930’s. Finely woven with cedar bark and spruce root...A sturdy and symmetrical double woven conical shaped rain hat in a Nuu-Chah-Nulth or Makah style dating from the 1920’s or 1930’s. Finely woven with cedar bark and spruce root in a plain twining weave, with dyed grass false embroidery on the inside. The exterior of the hat is painted in black, blue, and green pigments with faint hints of red, depicting a baleen whale in the act of bubble feeding (as evidenced by its distended jaw). The crown of the hat has a slight indentation to represent the whale’s blow hole. The inside of the hat has a headband woven in to keep the hat secure on the wearer’s head.
–Sarah Raven
Provenance
Collection of John & Joyce Price, Seattle.1of 15 -
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