Headdress
| Object Number: | NA5779 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | Alaska |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Bear Skin Horse Hair |
| Height: | 17 cm |
| Length: | 50 cm |
| Width: | 19.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
Description
Headdress made from two untanned, stiff pieces of bear hide with black fur on one side. Each piece of bear hide is shaped as a tall hump that narrows toward one end where it joins with the other piece of hide. Brown horse hair is woven into a strip of hide which is then attached to each panel along the outer edge, opposite the narrow join at the center.
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