Hunting Visor for a Young Hunter
Unangax̂ (Aleut) or Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)
Western Arctic
Arctic
about 1900
Wood and metal
Overall: 1 15/16 × 9 7/8 × 7 1/16 in. (5 × 25.1 × 18 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
54.67.13226
Geography
Place Made: Aleutian Islands, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Course History
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012
NAS 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Medeia Krisztina C. DeHass, Spring 2013
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2013
Exhibition History
Native American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 8, 2011-March 12, 2012.
Peoples and Cultures of the Northwest Coast and Arctic Regions, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 14, 1990.
Race to the Top: Arctic Inspiration 1909 & Today, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, January 23-May 17, 2009.
Survival/Art/History: American Indian Collections from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 18, 2000-April 7, 2002.
Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Juanuary 27-May 13,2007.
Publication History
Nicole Stuckenberger, Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 62, no.4.
Provenance
Milton Mead Babcock (1910-1997) [dealer], Milton, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1954.
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