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Object Number
17-17-10/87181
Display Title
Lining of chief's headdress, cedar bark matting, baleen fringe
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Head covering, woven bark, fabric trim, baleen, wood, cord and thread
Classification
- Headwear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
Cormorant Island
/
Yilis?
Additional Geographic Terms
Alert Bay; Queen Charlotte Sound
Dimensions
Overall: 47 x 31 x 5 cm (18 1/2 x 12 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
17-17-10/87181
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002.1.1986 | Line, baleen strip, loop at 1 end |
Fishing and trapping
| ||
| 995-29-10/73455 | Miniature baleen sailboat |
Sculpture
|
Alaska
| |
| 995-29-10/73218B | Coiled baleen basket lid; carved ivory handle represents walrus head |
Basket
|
Alaska
| |
| 995-29-10/73218A | Coiled baleen basket; carved ivory handle represents walrus head |
Basket
|
Alaska
| |
| 17-17-10/87158 | Bait needle, handle hard hack, baleen loop; k e ludayu |
Fishing and trapping
|
Gwa I
| |
| 27-16-00/98247 | Cedar bark matting |
Mat
|
North America
| |
| 2002.1.1797 | 5 fragments of leather or baleen? line |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 78-50-10/15379.2 | Cedar bark matting |
Mat
|
Washington
| |
| 78-50-10/15379.1 | Cedar bark matting |
Mat
|
Washington
| |
| 94-57-10/R66 | Stone sinker with "jigger" attached. White & black banded stone, sinew, baleen. |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 65-7-10/44044 | Carving - man; made from baleen (twisted ivory tusk) |
Figurine
|
Resolute Bay
| |
| 69-21-70/1492 | Tiputa (bark cloth poncho) of a chief's daughter |
Dress
|
Niue
|