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Bear Headdress

Date1899

Mediumskin, wood, paint, string, thong, root

DimensionsOther: 15 × 21 × 38 cm (5 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 14 15/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-699

Object numberHRC 00699

Descriptionheaddress in the shape of a bear. frame of wood, over which is placed the skin of a bear(?). headdress has wooden teeth and painted wooden eyes and nose. two holes in the top for ears.

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