Reading of Jacobsen’s Card Description for Gut Hat
Berlin Ethnological Museum (Contributor)
Chugach Alaska Corporation (Contributor)
Chugach Heritage Foundation (Contributor)
Chugachmiut (Contributor)
Hauke Ziessler (Contributor)
Chugach Alaska Corporation (Contributor)
Chugach Heritage Foundation (Contributor)
Chugachmiut (Contributor)
Hauke Ziessler (Contributor)
Hauke Ziessler asks what the catalog card says about the hair used in the gut hat. A Berlin Ethnological Museum staff member reads aloud Jacobsen’s description: “Cap or cap cover hollowly sewn from intestine, embellished with colorful cotton threads. The top is similar to the Chukchi and Koryaks with a circle made from leather, neatly embellished with sewn on hedgehog quills, likewise the lower brim is embellished with a sewn on leather band. This form of cap may have been used as a model for Russian sailor’s hats. The bonnet is also trimmed with long hair stitched off into the seams.” The card does not specify the type of hair used.
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