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Chief's ceremonial headdress
Object Number 14-27-10/85876
Display Title Chief's ceremonial headdress
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved face headdress, painted, shell inlay on fur and cloth headband, w/ train.
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nishga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood, Shell, Fur, Cloth
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 24 x 21 cm (14 3/8 x 9 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85876
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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