Isabella Edenshaw, Charles Edenshaw
Hat
Artist
Isabella Edenshaw
1858-1926 Active in Masset, Haida Gwaii (formely Queen Charlotte Islands)
Charles Edenshaw
Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, about 1839 – Masset 1920
Title
Hat
Date
About 1890
Materials
Painted, woven and plaited spruce root
Dimensions
16.4 cm (h.), 41.3 cm (diam.)
Credits
Gift of Lady Ames, inv. 1949.50.Ab.1
Collection
Decorative Arts and Design
The motif of the four-pointed red and black star painted on the top of this hat was used almost exclusively by Charles Edenshaw.
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