An Eskimo European style basketry lady's hat
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An Eskimo European style basketry lady's hat
Evoking the non-native fashion style of the late 19th century, creating a floral bonnet out of green painted bone "leaves" growing from a sealskin vine and tiny ivory buds, all set on the flat brim and crown, woven with grass and decorative strips of seal skin.
diameter 12 1/2in
See illustration
Sold for US$ 1,997 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Collected by Joseph Chilberg around the turn of the 20th century.

Lot heading

Eskimo and Northwest Coast Property of various owners

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American

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