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Object Number
05-7-10/65520
Display Title
Headdress
Descriptions
Object Description
Chief's ceremonial headdress representing eagle. the carving represents the owl and orca. Polychromed maple frontlet with abalone shell inlays surrounding the central figure. Attached to frontlet is a wicker crown, lined with calico and faced with red flannel and black cloth. Train of ermine tails, fastened to wooden dowels that are sewn to a backing of plain white cloth, extends from rear base. Sea lion whiskers are lashed by means of cotton thread to crown's rim. Frontlet - 7.5 cm h, crown 76.5 circum. Including train 95 cm l. Wooshkeetan Thunderbird holding a whale.
Inventory Description
Headdress, cloth with carved wooden bird, shell inlay, whiskers, animal pelt.
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Eagle Moiety?
- Haida?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Haines Borough
/
Klukwan
Dimensions
Overall: 97 x 39 x 42 cm (38 3/16 x 15 3/8 x 16 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Dealer
Grace A. Nicholson
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(01/01/1905)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69-30-10/1588 | Ceremonial hat |
Hat
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-13-10/84423 | Chief's hat |
Raw Material
Headdress |
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1612 | Wooden visor |
Visor
|
Alaska
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 69-30-10/1599 | Ceremonial hat |
Hat
|
Juneau Borough
| |
| 2004.24.30145 | Frontlet with fur train (chief's ceremonial headdress) |
North America
| ||
| 69-20-10/1263 | Wooden visor |
Visor
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 14-27-10/85876 | Chief's ceremonial headdress |
Headdress
|
British Columbia
| |
| 69-30-10/64700 | Seal decoy helmet |
Helmet
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 05-7-10/65454 | Killer Whale Forehead Mask |
Mask
|
North America
| |
| 2002.1.1855 | 2 bundles of walrus whiskers (?) |
Hair
|
North America
| |
| 22-2-50/B2980 | Leopard's whiskers |
Raw Material
Hair |
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1197 | Leopard's whiskers - very potent medicine harming people |
Raw Material
Faunal |
Cameroon
|