Child's Hat
MOA: University of British Columbia
3203/5
Baby’s hat or cap. Construction is of four triangular caribou or moose skin pieces, wide at bottom, each coming to a point at top, and sewn together with cotton thread. The front piece is lined with muskrat fur on the exterior. Three flaps with fur on one side are tied up by thongs across the forehead, and can be loosed to fall around the wearer’s ears and neck. Unlined.
- Type of Item hat
- Culture Tahltan, Kaska Dena
- Material muskrat skin, cotton fibre
- Measurements height 6.0 cm, width 14.0 cm, depth 11.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Karen Clark, Paul Clark
- Received from Karen Clark, Paul Clark
- Made in British Columbia
- Creation Date before 1965
- Collection Date during 1964
- Ownership Date before October 17, 2016
- Acquisition Date on October 17, 2016
- Item Classes textiles
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3203/0005