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Twined whaling hat showing a thunderbird catching a whale. Nuu-Chah-Nulth, 18th CE. From Vancouver Island, British Columbia, North America. The few surviving Nuu-Chah-Nulth whaling hats represent one of the few recorded figurative basketry traditions from North America before contact with Europe. Twined bulb-topped cedar bark, spruce root and surf grass, diam. 24 cm. Inv. ET Am1949,22.229.
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British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART343341
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Public
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2308px × 2419px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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18th century CE
Bark, Tree
British Columbia, Canada
Hat
Hunting Scene
Minor Arts
Northwest Native American
Nuu-chah-nulth
Thunderbird
Whaling