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Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Year: 1846 (1840s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents United States National Museum. Report of the U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Archives Discoveries in science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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. Two methods are employed in this hat.The letter a (Fig. 37) marks the boundary between the crown and brim.Above a, the mode of twining is that shown in Fig. 376 ; below a, thatshown in Fig. 37c. Fig. 37d is a top view of this same hat, showing thetotemic device, Hooyeh, the Raven, painted in black and red. Cat.No. 89033, U. S. N. M. Haida Indians, Queen Charlotte Islands, BritishColumbia. Collected by James (x. Swan. Fig. 38. Twined Basketry Hat. Fig. : 8e shows the method of plaiting cedar-bark fiber. This hat differs from Fig. 37 only in being lower and flatter. Fio-. 39. Parasol-Shaped Hat. Ornamented v^dth a totemic design at the top andpainted in solid color on the remainder of the outside surface. Cat. No.1782, U. S. N. M. Tlingit, Alaska. Collected by Dr. Suckeley. Fig. 40. Twined Basketry Hat. With wooden appendages representing the beakof the raven Hooyeh. From photograph in U. S. National Museum.Tlingit Indians, Alaska. Report of National Museum, 1888—Niblack. Plate XII.
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Twined Grass and Spruce Root Hats from the Northwest Coast. THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. 267 and caps are worn, but the women use generally only a black silk hand-kerchief. The grass hats are still seen on the coast in out-of-the-wayplaces, particularly around Dixon Entrance. These are cone shaped,with considerable spread, being particularly adapted for protection, inrainy weather, to the elaborately dressed hair worn on ceremonial occa-sions. In the north, the truncated cone-shaped form is surmounted bya more or less t«ill cylinder, in the ceremonial hats reaching an absurdheight; in the south, it becomes more parasol-like in shape, althoughboth styles are found throughout the whole coast, excepting that the verytall ceremonial hat is limited to the north. Plate xii illustrates thevarieties. Fig. 37 is the usual type, ornamented with the toteraic devicerepresenting the Raven, painted on the hat in red and black, the detailbeing shown in Fig. 37d, which is a top view of Fig. 3

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