Basketry Hat
Artist
Primrose Adams
(North American Indian, Haida, 1926 - 2020)
Artist
Robert Davidson
(North American Indian, Haida, British Columbia, Canada, born 1946)
Dateca. 1978
MediumSplit spruce root and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 × 14 inches (17.15 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LineFrom the Estelle and Morton Sosland Collection
Object number2009.41.19
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
Gallery LabelThis collaborative work continues the long Northwest Coast tradition of woven and painted rain hats. The weaving technique divides the hat into two distinct areas, separated by a line just above halfway from the rim to the top of the crown. Above, the weave is smooth, while below a subtle, textural geometric pattern has been created. Davidson’s precisely painted design represents a shark, one of the important clan emblems of the Haida people. The painted image is perfectly composed to fit the hat’s conical form. The shark’s broad face dominates the front, while its compressed, highly abstracted body fills the remaining space.
Torrence, Gaylord, ed. Continuum: North American Native Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Kansas City: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Copyright© Estate of Primrose Adams © Robert Davidson
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