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Object #     1996-40/1
Object name     Basketry Hat
Culture of Origin     Haida, Massett, Haida Gwaii
Maker or Artist     Primrose Adams
Materials     Spruce Root
Techniques     Plain Twined, Triple Twined, Skip Stitched, Dyed
Dimensions     H: 6.2 in, Diam: 14.5 in
Exhibit Label    

Primrose Adams is the granddaughter of a great weaver, Isabella Edenshaw (see the hat on the table in the "Studying Baskets" area). Both she and her mother, Florence Edenshaw, learned the art of weaving in their adulthood from Selina Peratrovich, Primrose's mother-in-law. Isabella died the same year Primrose was born.

Source     Snow Goose Gallery
Location     Massett
Credit     Purchased from Snow Goose Gallery, Seattle, WA


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