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THBEarly 20th C. Haida Ceremonial Woven Hat w/ Ermine Pelt
Lot 9b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2018-05-24 10:00:00
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Bidsquare : Northwest Coast, Tribal, & Pre-Columbian Art
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Featuring Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art from respected collector / dealer, Joseph Alphabet. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring Pacific Northwest Coast Native American Art from respected collector / dealer, Joseph Alphabet. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Native American, northern Pacific Northwest coast, Haida, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Island), British Columbia, ca. early 20th century CE. A remarkable woven hat decorated with two ermine pelts and a dozen abalone shell buttons of varying shapes. The woven material is spruce root, and it is decorated with black and red motifs of the Pacific Northwest style, showing fantastical animals who represent a clan identity. The ermine pelts drape down the sides, a design motif that is believed to have originated with the Tsimshian people, but spread throughout the region, including to the Haida and Tlingit peoples. Size: 15.25" W x 8.75" H (38.7 cm x 22.2 cm)
The hat style is an ancient one. In 1999, three hunters found a similar hat, alongside human remains, eroding out of a melting glacier in British Columbia. Archaeologists determined that the man, who was given the name "Long Ago Person Found" by the Tutchone First Nations people, lived around 620-570 years ago, and was traveling between the coast and inland. Modern Haida weaver Delores Churchill examined and recreated his hat, adding ermine to it because, in her words, "he probably was a high caste person to be able to be travel between (the coast and inland)."
Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection
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#133438One ermine has been reattached. Slight darkened patina, especially on the woven surface. A few small frays from the weaving, mostly around the edge.Condition
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