Staff Top
| 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 |
| 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 |
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).
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| The Shadow Catcher: E.S. Curtis (01 Feb 1980 - 01 Aug 1980) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Williams, Lucy F. 2003. Guide to the North American Ethnographic Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 33, pl. 24 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Gunther, Erna. 1962. Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair Fine Arts Pavilion.. University of Washington. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 63, fig. 42 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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