Helmet
NA9471
From: United States of America | Alaska | Wrangell
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA9471 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Wrangell |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment | Abalone | Hide |
| Description | Wooden carving of a wolf head said to have originally been a war canoe prow and was cut away in an emergency to be used as a standard in a battle (LS). The head is painted white, black, gold, red, and green with abalone shell inlay for the eyes. Gold paint is used for the lips and nostrils. Most of the teeth are carved but one incisor remains and is made from a piece of worked bone shaped to look like a tooth (per Dr. Kate Moore). The underside has a hide flap with hide straps to attach the helmet to the wearer's head. |
| Height | 22 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Length | 42 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Width | 16 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1924 |
| Other Number | C.S. 612 - Other Number |
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