Nulato, Yukon River, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
9 Jun 1887
Notes:
Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=236, retrieved 8-22-2012: Hat, Koyukon Athabascan. "Tin hats" are beaded velvet caps with birch bark sewn inside for stiffening. They were the Athabascan version of men's Victorian-era "smoking hats" that Scotch fur traders wore and which were pictured in popular magazines of the late 19th century. Shiny metal beads were often used, giving rise to the "tin" part of the name. Elders commented that the checkerboard medallion seen on this 1880s Koyukon hat represents a geometric style of beading that is no longer popular.
This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
