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Object Number
69-30-10/1612
Display Title
Wooden visor
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden visor. Spruce with bark or paper glued on top. Red, white, and black banding. Wool tassles and braided loops; braided sinew chin piece. Sea lion and walrus whiskers.
Inventory Description
Visor, band of wood with alternating red and black banded design, 6 sea mammal whiskers along one side, two tassels at each side, cordage chin strap
Classification
- Visor
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Pacific Eskimo
- Alutiiq?
- Unangan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Aleutian Islands
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement does not include whiskers or tassels): 27 × 19 × 8 cm (10 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
1612; 23
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(10/01/1867-07/01/1868)
Seller
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(1869)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69-20-10/1263 | Wooden visor |
Visor
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 69-30-10/1599 | Ceremonial hat |
Hat
|
Juneau Borough
| |
| 05-7-10/65520 | Headdress |
Headdress
|
Klukwan
| |
| 69-30-10/1588 | Ceremonial hat |
Hat
|
Alaska
| |
| 2002.1.1855 | 2 bundles of walrus whiskers (?) |
Hair
|
North America
| |
| 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
| |
| 69-30-10/64700 | Seal decoy helmet |
Helmet
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 77-13-10/11257 | Kayak model, 3-hole "baidarka" |
Model
|
Aleutian Islands
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 48-36-50/7379 | Large wooden mask with horns, whiskers, beard, and trimmed with felt (Na Na Glu) |
Mask
|
Guinea
| |
| 22-2-50/B2980 | Leopard's whiskers |
Raw Material
Hair |
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1197 | Leopard's whiskers - very potent medicine harming people |
Raw Material
Faunal |
Cameroon
|