Headdress

NA11766

From: United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number	NA11766
Current Location	Collections Storage
Culture	Tlingit
Provenience	United States of America \| Alaska \| Southeast Alaska \| Sitka (uncertain)
Culture Area	Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus	Sitka Kaagwaantaan Clan \| Star House
Section	American
Materials	Scalp \| String
Description	Ceremonial headdress. One of the whole scalp taken during the Yakuan invasion at Sitka; once destroyed by insects and made over.
Length	27.3 cm
Width	24.3 cm
Credit Line	Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1927
Other Number	140 - Other Number

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