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Object Number
67-10-10/275.1
Display Title
Fragment from helmet of wood
Descriptions
Object Description
Helmet of wood. Representing bear with ears sewn on. This helmet is sculpted from wood and covered with the actual skin from a grizzly bear's head. Iron domes form the eyes, and opercula set in grooves imitate the bear's teeth. The ears supported wooden humanoid bear masks.
Inventory Description
Fragment, darkened and dried skin belonging to helmet 67-10-10/275
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Wrangell Borough?
/
Wrangell?
North America / United States / Alaska / Petersburg?
North America / United States / Alaska / Petersburg?
Materials
Bear skin
Dimensions
Overall (estimation): 1.8 × 0.5 × 0.2 cm (11/16 × 3/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Owner
Chief Shakes
Collector
Unknown
(01/01/1790-01/01/1799?)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(01/01/1867)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-10-10/275 | Helmet of wood |
Hat
|
Petersburg?
Wrangell? | |
| 69-30-10/1609 | Bear/land otter mask |
Mask
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1589 | Carved wooden hat of bear head, with bear head skin |
Raw Material
Hat |
Alaska
| |
| 995-29-10/73515 | Carved totem pole |
Sculpture
|
North America
| |
| 69-30-10/1588 | Ceremonial hat |
Hat
|
Alaska
| |
| 58-55-50/10370 | Helmet type mask (carved wood) gelede |
Mask
Raw Material |
Nigeria
| |
| 25-49-60/D2583 | Bear's claws |
Claw
|
Sakhalin Island
| |
| 69-30-10/1590 | Killer Whale War Helmet |
Raw Material
Helmet |
Alaska
| |
| 2004.24.34283.2 | Crest helmet |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.34283.4 | Crest helmet |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.34283.3 | Crest helmet |
Alaska
| ||
| 2004.24.34283.1 | Crest helmet |
Alaska
|