Child's hat

Child's hat

Child's hat

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Introduction

Child's hat, cotton, plaid and loon down, Mistissini Cree, pre-1954. Collected by William F. Stiles.

Nation of Maker: Cree Eeyou (Eastern James Bay Quebec Cree)
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular nation(s)

Cath Oberholtzer, "Material Culture of the Eeyou (Mistissini- Eastern James Bay Quebec Cree): Local Expression or Regional Style?" Papers of the Thirty-sixth Algonquian Conference. Christoph Wolfart, editor. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 312.

Date Made or Date Range: 1900s to 1954
Materials

Made of printed cotton, plaid, rick rack, loon down, embroidery floss, cotton thread.

Techniques or Format

Child's hat hand sewn, with rick rack trim around outer edge of hat. Lined with plain cotton, ties made of cotton print. Loon down decorates the top,in three balls.

Original and Subsequent Uses

Used in everyday wear.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

NMAI Catalogue Card.

Current Location: National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. USA
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 22/4090
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1900s to 1954
GKS Reference Number: 27245
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Record Creation Context

Record created as part of practicum fall 2008.

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