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Object Number 04-10-10/62980
Display Title Shaman's headdress
Descriptions
Object Description Shaman's headdress with quill work. Quill work unusuall for Northwest Coast.
Inventory Description Headdress, carved faces on tapered crown, headband of fiber and leather
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 42.4 x 16.4 x 7.7 cm (16 11/16 x 6 7/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-10-10/62980
Provenance
Owner Sitka Jack
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (02/01/1904)

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