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Hupa. <em>Basketry Hat</em>, late 19th century. Plant fiber , 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7464. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.05.588.7464.jpg)
Hupa. Basketry Hat, late 19th century. Plant fiber , 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7464. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.05.588.7464.jpg)
Hupa. <em>Basketry Hat</em>, late 19th century. Plant fiber , 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7464. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.05.588.7464.jpg)

Hupa. Basketry Hat, late 19th century. Plant fiber , 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7464. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.05.588.7464.jpg)

Hupa. <em>Basketry Hat</em>, late 19th century. Plant fiber , 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7464. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 05.588.7464_05.588.7515.jpg)

Hupa. Basketry Hat, late 19th century. Plant fiber , 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7464. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 05.588.7464_05.588.7515.jpg)

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Basketry Hat

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CULTURE Hupa
MEDIUM Plant fiber
DATES late 19th century
DIMENSIONS 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 05.588.7464
CREDIT LINE Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION The Hupa basketry hat (05.588.7464) is on the left in photograph and the Yurok basketry hat (05.588.7515) is on the right. When these hats were collected in 1905 they were treasured items of Hupa women and they remain so today. This basketry hat was collected by Stewart Culin directly from the weaver, Mary, when he saw it in her home.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Hupa. Basketry Hat, late 19th century. Plant fiber , 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7464. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.05.588.7464.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.05.588.7464.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2016
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Hupa. <em>Basketry Hat</em>, late 19th century. Plant fiber , 3 1/16 × 6 15/16 × 7 in. (7.8 × 17.6 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7464. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.05.588.7464.jpg)

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