Namgis Kwakwaka'wakw (Nemquic); used by the Mamalilikulla Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl); formerly identified as Haida Search this
Artist/Maker:
Mother of Johnson Cook, Namgis Kwakwaka'wakw (Nemquic) Search this
Previous owner:
May Company (May Department Stores Company), 1877-2005 Search this
Go-ma-newkw, Mamalilikulla Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Search this
Lucy Brown (Lucy Hanuse), Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Search this
Exchanging Agent:
Morton D. May (Buster May), Non-Indian, 1914-1983 Search this
Object Name:
Basket hat
Media/Materials:
Spruce root, cedar bark, pigment/pigments
Techniques:
Twined, painted
Dimensions:
51 x 101 cm
Object Type:
Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
Native Term:
gikaml
Place:
Alert Bay; Mount Waddington Regional District; British Columbia; Canada (inferred)
Archipelago:
Vancouver Island Group
Island Name:
Cormorant Island
Date created:
1880-1920
Collection History:
Made by a Namgis Kwakwaka'wakw woman (the mother of Johnson Cook) for a Mamalilikulla Kwakwaka'wakw woman named Go-ma-newkw as part of her dowry; inherited by Lucy Hanuse (Kwakwaka'wakw, later Mrs. Lucy Brown), who sold it to an unknown dealer; included in a sale of Northwest Coast art at the May Company department store in Los Angeles, California; acquired by MAI in 1967 through an exchange with the May Company, operated by Native art collector Morton D. May (1914-1983).
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