Toy Hat
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
early 20th century
Carved bracket fungus
Overall: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer
163.22.15093
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Recreational Artifact: Toy
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Axel Rasmussen, in the 1920's and 1930's [until his death in 1945]; Earl Stendahl; to Doris Meltzer, Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1963.
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