Iroquois Woman from Kahnawà:ke

I love Cornelius Krieghoff’s paintings.  His portraits of Habitants make my day.  So does this lady!  You WEAR that top hat, lady!  Hell yeah!

Edit: i’m still thinking about this woman! Where did she get the hat? It looks like she’s into it, it’s the only piece of western clothing she has, far as I can see.  Like she saw it and was like “yeah I’ll take one of those.”  It is probably a man’s hat because it’s around 1850 and doesn’t look like a riding hat?  If someone told her it was a man’s hat, did she say, that’s stupid, you’re stupid, it’s a great hat and it’s mine so jump in a lake?  Top hats for everyone.