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Object Number
14-27-10/85694
Display Title
Shaman's swan quill head ornaments
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornaments, quills, arranged like fans, yarn fringe, tied together through quills
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Skeena River, Upper
Materials
Quill, Yarn, String
Dimensions
Overall: 35.2 x 8.4 x 0.8 cm (13 7/8 x 3 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
14-27-10/85694
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-27-10/85884 | Swan quill headdress ornaments |
Ornament
|
British Columbia
| |
| 14-27-10/85695 | Shaman's head and neck of swan |
Ornament
|
British Columbia
| |
| 35-120-10/5193 | Double headed shaman's rattle |
Percussion
|
Nevada
| |
| 93-23-10/89900 | Dyed and natural porcupine quills |
Ornament
|
New Brunswick
| |
| 23-27-10/98028 | Quills |
Ornament
|
United States
| |
| 20-45-60/D1341 | Hair skewers of porcupine quill |
Ornament
|
Burma
| |
| 04-10-10/62980 | Shaman's headdress |
Headdress
|
Alaska
| |
| 40-69-10/22753 | Buckskin ornament & rawhide--decorated w/ porcupine quills, tassels, & cones |
Ornament
|
North America
| |
| 14-27-10/85693 | Shaman's grisly bear claw crown |
Headdress
|
British Columbia
| |
| 35-120-10/5179 | Woodpecker's feather with a hollow wing bone--ceremonial object used by shaman i |
Ornament
|
Nevada
| |
| 14-27-10/85697 | Shaman's weasel skin charms |
Ornament
|
British Columbia
| |
| 40-69-10/22730 | Small buckskin pouch - decorated with porcupine quills & fringe of metal tubes |
Pouch
|
North America
|