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Hat

CultureNez Perce, Oregon
Date1870-1880
MediumHemp, corn husk, aniline dyes, commercial wool yarn, tanned deer hide, and cotton cordage
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 7 7/8 inches (20 × 20.96 × 20 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.73
On View
Not on view
DescriptionFez-like cap with a zig-zag continuous design all around the hat with stepped borders for additional emphasis.Provenance

Purchased from Edward Hartman, Lee's Summit, MO by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), mid 1970s;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.



Published References
Mason, Otis Tufton, "Aboriginal American Basketry: Studies in Textile Art Without Machinery," (Glorieta, NM, Rio Grand Press, 1970), no. 167.
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