Index Naturae

Natural-history hats & cards

A portrait to wear.
A record to keep.

Embroidered hats with matching natural-history cards. Each animal portrait has its own place in the catalogue.

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Collections

I. Lost Not Forgotten

Adult and young moa, Carolina parakeets, dodos, passenger pigeons, great auks, woolly mammoths, thylacines and dire wolves, with pale gold halos around their heads.Adult Woolly mammothAdult South Island giant moaAdult DodoAdult Great aukAdult ThylacineAdult Dire wolfAdult Passenger pigeonAdult Carolina parakeetYoung Woolly mammothYoung South Island giant moaYoung DodoYoung Great aukYoung ThylacineYoung Dire wolfYoung Passenger pigeonYoung Carolina parakeet

Species

II. Birds of Splendor

An imagined tree filled with adult and young scarlet macaws, quetzals, rhinoceros hornbills, rollers, hoopoes, Victoria crowned pigeons, mandarin ducks and golden pheasants.Adult Scarlet macawAdult Resplendent quetzalAdult Rhinoceros hornbillAdult Lilac-breasted rollerAdult Eurasian hoopoeAdult Victoria crowned pigeonAdult Golden pheasantAdult Mandarin duckYoung Scarlet macawYoung Resplendent quetzalYoung Rhinoceros hornbillYoung Lilac-breasted rollerYoung Eurasian hoopoeYoung Victoria crowned pigeonYoung Golden pheasantYoung Mandarin duck

Species

III. Back from the Brink

A natural-history assembly of adult and young condors, kākāpō, whooping cranes, Bermuda petrels, bison, southern white rhinos, golden lion tamarins and sea otters in a landscape after a storm.Adult California condorAdult Bermuda petrelAdult Whooping craneAdult American bisonAdult Southern white rhinoAdult Golden lion tamarinAdult KākāpōAdult Southern sea otterYoung California condorYoung Bermuda petrelYoung Whooping craneYoung American bisonYoung Southern white rhinoYoung Golden lion tamarinYoung KākāpōYoung Southern sea otter

Species

IV. After Dark

Moonlit woodland tableau with a barn owl and owlet at left, a luna moth and caterpillar below, and a flying fox carrying its pup at right.
Collection artwork · Adult & Young studies

Barn owl · Luna moth · Flying fox

V. Living Armour

Warmly lit forest tableau with a pangolin carrying its young, adult and young armadillos, and a rhinoceros beetle and larva on a fallen log.
Collection artwork · Adult & Young studies

Pangolin · Nine-banded armadillo · European rhinoceros beetle

VI. Small Sovereigns

An insect-scale woodland with a stag beetle and larva, an orchid mantis and nymph among pink flowers, and a jewel beetle and larva on fallen wood.
Collection artwork · Adult & Young studies

European stag beetle · Orchid mantis · Jewel beetle

Current adult dodo digitized design; not a sewn sample
Dodo · AdultDigitized study · awaiting sew-out
Current young dodo digitized design; not a sewn sample
Dodo · YoungDigitized study · awaiting sew-out

The hat and its record.

One animal portrait per hat, with a matching natural-history card. Adult and Young are two portraits of the same species on separate hats; they describe the animal, not the hat size.

The images are digitized embroidery studies. Fabric colour, stitch coverage, fit and placement will be checked on sewn samples.

Reading the catalogue

Each accession code identifies a catalogue record. A marks the Adult portrait; J marks the Young portrait. The code is not a production serial number. Gold halos mark the Lost collection.

Production quantities, prices and release dates have not been announced. More about the catalogue.

Adult Dodo card · Young Dodo card

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Three collections. · 55 seconds.

From the archive to the stitch: a record to keep, a portrait to wear.

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