Headdress
Bear Claw Crown
| Object Number: | NA8538 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tsimshian |
| Provenience: | Canada British Columbia Skeena River |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Hide Fur Bear Claw Sinew |
| Credit Line: | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
| Other Number: | SA18 - Other Number |
Description
Shaman's bear claw crown or headdress. Bear claws are attached to a hide strip worn around the head and affixed in such a way that they stand upright The upper end of each claw is grooved to attach an animal hide band encircling the top of the headdress. Decorative strips of brown fur hang from one section. A bone charm made from "the hip assembly of a medium-sized land mammal" (per Dr. Kate Moore) is attached to one of the claws with a hide cord.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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