Headdress
29-175-625
From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-625 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Nootka |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Pigment | Cloth | Horsehair | Wood | String |
| Description | Wooden splints used for elliptical-shaped frame, covered with light cloth painted with red and blue geometric designs. Carving straddles top-crudely carved horse painted with red and black and with detachable ears. Long dark hairs from horse tail attached along carving and hang back down. |
| Height | 25.5 cm |
| Length | 27.5 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9741 - Collector Number |
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