| Object Number | NA9468 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska | Klukwan |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | Klukwan Kaagwaantaan Clan | Fin House |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Hair | Pigment | Hide |
| Description | Staff top in the form of a wooden eagle. Painted black and green with hair ornamentation on the head, wings, and tail. The reverse has designs carved in low relief. The claws are perforated with a strip of rawhide inserted through. Said to be the original crest of the Eagle Moiety of the Tlingit Nation. Possessed in an early time when the Eagle emblem was born into popularity. Also said to have been used as a top piece for a war helmet and a staff top at different times (LS). |
| Height | 5.5 cm |
| Length | 20 cm |
| Width | 8.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1923 |
| Other Number | 16 - Other Number |
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