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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
- Pacific Eskimo
- Alutiiq?
- Russian Era
- 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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