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Object Number
69-20-10/1263
Display Title
Wooden visor
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden visor. High status item. Chief's visor with caribou on volute. Front end of hat restored. 1 seal bristle and bead on one ivory "ring" and all the bristles and beads on opposite ring. Also, glass bead and loop on one side of hat. Curved lines on top represent teeth.
Inventory Description
Visor, carved and bent wood, three ivory ornaments with animal and other decorations, glass beads, mammal whiskers at back, painted designs
Classification
- Visor
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Alutiiq?
- Russian Era
- Pacific Eskimo
- Unangan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Kodiak Island Borough
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement does not include whiskers): 22 × 41 × 18.5 cm (8 11/16 × 16 1/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
1263
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Boston Marine Society
(1869)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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for Metal wire fragment from wooden visor
| 69-20-10/1263.1 | Metal wire fragment from wooden visor |
Headwear
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Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 69-30-10/1612 | Wooden visor |
Visor
|
Alaska
| |
| 02-14-10/63448 | Visor model, man's kayak hunting cap. Ivory walrus and 2 gull head effigies. |
Visor
|
Alaska
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 69-30-10/1611 | Wooden visor |
Hat
|
Alaska
| |
| 54-52-70/3626 | Woven basketry hat with visor |
Hat
|
Taiwan
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 69-30-10/1599 | Ceremonial hat |
Hat
|
Juneau Borough
| |
| 88-51-10/49977 | Wooden visor |
Headband
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50161 | Visor of wood |
Headband
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1596 | Carved wooden visor |
Headband
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1597 | Carved wooden visor |
Raw Material
Headband |
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1588 | Ceremonial hat |
Hat
|
Alaska
| |
| 2003.1.1099 | Brush, short bristles, conical wood handle, tapered brkn end, string wrap |
Brush
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