Eskimo and Northwest Coast
Property of various owners
Property of various owners
Lot 1039
An Eskimo European style basketry lady's hat diameter 12 1/2in
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5 December 2005, 12:00 PST
California, San FranciscoSold for US$1,997.50 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn 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
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diameter 12 1/2in
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Provenance:
Collected by Joseph Chilberg around the turn of the 20th century.