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"Daajang"
Yellow and red cedar Haida hat. Daajang won 2nd place for
traditional art in the 2004 Sealaska Juried Art Show (Video:
Windows Media or
RealPlayer). The hat is unusual
because part of its design was derived from a newly re-learned technique
discovered on a 550-year-old hat unearthed in
1999 with the "Long Ago
Person Found" on the edge of a receding glacier in Tatshenshini-Alsek
Park...(more on this piece). By Della Cheney.
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"Baby's First Hat"
Woven on May Day 2008 using freshly split Alaska Red Cedar harvested in the
late 1990s, this charming hat could be for the youngest dancer. The
exquisite shape begins with a twilled crown. Plaiting gracefully expands the
circumference, while embracing the delicate negative lines inherent in
coastal design. The weaving ends at the crisply folded brim. At the back of
the hat, a 2-inch-long natural abalone shell collected in the mid-1940s can
be removed entirely or used to securely fasten the owner's own personal icon
to the hat. For today’s active on the go, babies. The weaver has adapted
the usual headband for coastal Rain Hats by using an accommodating stretchy
inner cap to hold the hat securely and comfortably. To block light from
changing the color too quickly, the hat is stored in lightproof fabric bag
until it is purchased. Nevertheless, with time, the colors will gradually
mellow from the bright “new” split cedar bark color to the rich red of
Alaska red cedar bark. Hat size: Modern
day “Infant” for babies 6 to 18 months. Circumference is 17.25 inches;
diameter at the brim is 10.5 inches; diameter of crown is 3 inches; depth
from top to brim is 6 inches. By
Lois Chichinoff Thadei. $700.00 (#1383)
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"Spruce
Root Hat"
Spruce root weaving is a treasured and endangered traditional
Native art form. Artists painstakingly hand select the tiny spruce roots
from secret locations and spend many months, sometimes years, weaving and perfecting the
spruce root pieces. Spruce root weavings are heirlooms prized by collectors
and museums worldwide. 14.5 inches wide x 7.75 inches tall. Top of hat is 4
inches in diameter. By Primrose Adams. $3,600.00 (#1012)
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* Video clip features students of a spruce-root weaving class in Hoonah, Alaska, 2002. The
video illustrates the delicacy of the medium and the intricacy of this
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