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Object Number
14-27-10/85693
Display Title
Shaman's grisly bear claw crown
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headdress, bear claws, leather headband, fiber cord, quill, weasel pelts
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Skeena River, Upper
Dimensions
Overall: 8.2 x 56.2 x 26 cm (3 1/4 x 22 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14-27-10/85885
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-27-10/85885 | Shaman's bear claw crown |
Headdress
|
British Columbia
| |
| 15-36-10/86632 | Shaman's medicine shield, black bear skin. Straps of buckskin. |
Accessory
|
British Columbia
| |
| 975-5-10/52719 | Shaman's bundle? Cedar bark cord is used to bind rags, crab & bird claws, down |
Necklace
|
Alaska
| |
| 14-27-10/85697 | Shaman's weasel skin charms |
Ornament
|
British Columbia
| |
| 985-27-10/60183 | Blackfoot eagle wing wand. Decorated w/ leather, quills, hooves, and bear claw |
Fan
|
United States
| |
| 04-10-10/62980 | Shaman's headdress |
Headdress
|
Alaska
| |
| 25-49-60/D2583 | Bear's claws |
Claw
|
Sakhalin Island
| |
| 15-36-10/86579 | Shaman's head band, bear skin |
Headband
|
British Columbia
| |
| 2004.1.196 | Bear paw, with claws, hair, fish skin tie |
Claw
|
Asia
| |
| 15-36-10/86615 | Grisly bear skin mat |
Accessory
|
British Columbia
| |
| 41-54-10/99700.1 | Claw from bear claw necklace |
Ornament
|
North America
| |
| 41-54-10/99700.2 | Claw from bear claw necklace |
Ornament
|
North America
|