Whaler's hat (ciapuxas)
Date1960s
Maker
Jessie Webster
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, 1909 - 1991
Culture of Origin
Ahousat
Label TextThe wrapped twined technique used to weave this hat was also utilized for the fine curio baskets made by Nuu-chah-nulth women beginning in the 1880s. Weavers still teach their daughters how to gather, prepare and weave the plant fibers-Jessie learned from her grandmother and has passed the knowledge to her daughter Rhoda Mack, who in turn has taught her own daughter Genevieve Charley.
Object number95.84
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Documents International: Reflections in the Mirror: A World of Identity, April 23, 1998 - June 20, 1999Credit LineGift of Sylvia Duryee
Dimensions9 1/2 in. (24.13 cm)
Diam.: 9 1/4 in.
MediumRed cedar bark, grass, and fern stem (twining)
Fraser River of Thompson River
n.d.
Object number: 2024.19.255
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
late 19th century to first quarter 20th century
Object number: 92.119.1
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
late 19th century to first quarter 20th century
Object number: 92.119.2
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
late 19th century to first quarter 20th century
Object number: 92.122.1
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
late 19th century to first quarter 20th century
Object number: 92.122.2
First Nations, Nuu-chah-nulth, Hesquiat
late 19th century to first quarter 20th century
Object number: 92.121
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