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Object Number
69-30-10/1594
Display Title
War Helmet
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Shadaa (War helmet in Tlingit)
Object Description
War helmet carved in a single block of dense wood. Warrior's hat. Protrusion on top provides a strategic role in glancing off blows to the head. Helmets can be distinguished from crest hats by their greater thickness and by the lack of a broad rim. This dome-shaped helmet covered the warrior's head down to the eyes and was fitted over a liner for comfort. It was secured under the chin with hide straps. Below the helmet a single thick and heavy piece of bent wood used as a face-guard circled the warrior's head, leaving only a narrow gap for vision. It was held in place by biting a loop of heavy spruce-root pegged to the inside. The helmet is carved in a smoothly rounded form. The base of the upright curved fin-like appendage is decorated with a human face in profile. Grey [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description
Carved wood helmet, copper, teeth inlay, painted, carved anthro. estension
Classification
- Helmet
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Angoon?
- Daklaweidi?
- Killerwhale Fin House?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 29 x 23 cm (13 3/4 x 11 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
69-30-10/1594 & P.M.H.U.
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(10/01/1867-07/01/1868)
Dealer
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(01/01/1869)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69-30-10/1590 | Killer Whale War Helmet |
Helmet
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 67-10-10/275 | Helmet of wood |
Hat
|
Wrangell?
Petersburg? | |
|
Media Restricted
| 969-40-50/11323 | Helmet mask |
Mask
|
Congo
| |
| 2004.24.34283.1 | Crest helmet |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.34283.2 | Crest helmet |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.34283.4 | Crest helmet |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.34283.3 | Crest helmet |
Alaska
| ||
| 67-10-10/275.1 | Fragment from helmet of wood |
Hat
|
Wrangell?
Petersburg? | |
| 69-30-10/1589 | Carved wooden hat of bear head, with bear head skin |
Raw Material
Hat |
Alaska
| |
| 31-22-50/B5004 | Dancer's mask |
Mask
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 969-40-50/11322 | Carved wooden helmet mask with raffia fringe |
Mask
|
Congo
| |
| 58-55-50/10370 | Helmet type mask (carved wood) gelede |
Mask
Raw Material |
Nigeria
|