Sculpin Hat Replica
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jul 2019
name: label: Donor Name
content: Exhibits
notes: label: Notes
content: 3D replica of catalog numbers E74441 and E74339, a sculpin hat associated with the Tlingit Kiks.adi clan of Sitka, AK. Made by Smithsonian Institution Exhibits and the NMNH Repatriation Office in collaboration with Tlingit artists, this replica is intended to remain with the NMNH for educational purposes. Another replica was made at the same time for the Kiks.adi clan. The hat is in two main pieces, with 14 additional sea lion whiskers. It is made of yellow cedar from Hoonah, Alaska, ermine skins from Juneau, Alaska, tanned deer skin, cow hide leather, operculum shell teeth from Alaska, abalone shell eyes, swan down, deer sinew from Alaska, sea lion whiskers, acrylic paints, spruce resin adhesives, steel screws and brass plates. The hat is an exact copy of, and was produced simultaneously with, a hat made for the Tlingit Kiks.ádi clan of Sitka, Alaska. This hat was made to aid the Smithsonian telling the story of the collaboration between the Kiks.ádi clan and the NMNH to use 3D digitization and replication technology to restore a broken Kiks.ádi Sculpin Hat from the NMNH collections (E74441 and E74339). The hat reproduction made for the Kiks.ádi was dedicated in a Tlingit ceremony in Juneau, AK, on Sept 25, 2019, and marks the first time that a cultural object made using 3D technology has been consecrated as a sacred object by an indigenous community. The piece is an early example of the newly emerging domain of cultural restoration of cultural heritage collections using 3D digitization and replication technology. The Sculpin Hat Ceremony video has been posted to the Sharing Our Knowledge Conference web site https://www.sharingourknowledge.org/2019-video-juneau-september/ .
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jun 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sitka / Juneau, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2085129
label: USNM Number
content: E437460-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat