Shaman's dance hat

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Date created: 1920-1929

Culture/People: Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]
Artist/Maker: Kenneth Kaiona, Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf], b. ca. 1850
Previous owner: Kenneth Kaiona, Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf], b. ca. 1850
Collector: John D. Ferguson, Non-Indian
Previous owner: John D. Ferguson, Non-Indian
Donor: John D. Ferguson, Non-Indian

Collection History: Collected in 1959 by John D. Ferguson (a researcher at Columbia University in New York City); donated to MAI by John Ferguson in 1963.
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Place: Coronation Gulf; Kugluktuk (Coppermine); Kitkmeot Region (Qitirmiut); Nunavut; Canada

See related items: Copper Inuit [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]; Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Arctic & Subarctic

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 23/2297
Barcode: 232297.000

Object Type: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects

Object Name: Shaman's dance hat
Media/Materials: Caribou hide/skin, loon skin/skins, ermine skin/fur, cotton cloth, wool yarn, sinew
Techniques: Sewn, braided
Dimensions: 43 x 21 x 36 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62241b9f7-415d-4197-b5e0-6d17bdd4023a

Record ID: NMAI_247535