Haida Spruce Root Hat with Crest Anonymous Hat Hand weaving Weaving Detail view Like all Indigenous peoples of the northwest coast of North America, the Haida make extensive use of red cedar bark, which is still used both as a textile for clothing, ropes and sails, and in its raw form, as a building material or even armor. Most goods were fashioned from the wood of the Western Red cedar, Nootka Cypress, Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce. Highly prized plant bark and root weavers still create an array of clothing including hats and containers. A standard design on painted hats is an abstract animal with a snout on the brim, eyes on the crown, and a tail opposite the snout. Fins or wings are located on the brim between the snout and tail. 1949 CE 20th century Digital Jpeg2000 556 KB Spruce root Brit0432 Kathleen Cohen Native American, Northwest American Indian. Haida United States Kathleen Cohen
Haida Spruce Root Hat with Crest
Anonymous
Hat
Hand weaving
Weaving
Detail view
Like all Indigenous peoples of the northwest coast of North America, the Haida make extensive use of red cedar bark, which is still used both as a textile for clothing, ropes and sails, and in its raw form, as a building material or even armor. Most goods were fashioned from the wood of the Western Red cedar, Nootka Cypress, Western Hemlock and Sitka Spruce. Highly prized plant bark and root weavers still create an array of clothing including hats and containers. A standard design on painted hats is an abstract animal with a snout on the brim, eyes on the crown, and a tail opposite the snout. Fins or wings are located on the brim between the snout and tail.
1949 CE
20th century
Digital
Jpeg2000 556 KB
Spruce root
Brit0432
Kathleen Cohen
Native American, Northwest American Indian. Haida
United States
Kathleen Cohen