Painted Chief's Hat
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), First Nation, Northwest Coast
probably 20th century
Cedar bark and pigment
Overall: 22 1/4 × 14 3/16 × 1/8 in. (56.5 × 36 × 0.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Museum Purchase
54.41.13168
Geography/Culture
North America, Canada
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Classification
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Exhibition History
People of Potlatch, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, Massachusetts, May 10, 1987-October 25, 1988.
Native Ecologies: Recycle, Resist, Protect, Sustain, Owen Robertson Cheatham Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 17-December 30, 2019.
Provenance
Milton Mead Babcock (1910-1997) [dealer], Milton, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1954.
Catalogue Raisonne
Milton Babcock, Milton, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1954.
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