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Beaver Headdress

Date1884

Mediumwood, abalone, paint, ermine, mammal leather, sea lion whiskers, swan skin, red wing flicker feathers

DimensionsOther: 39.2 × 23 × 15.4 cm (15 7/16 × 9 1/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1094

Object numberHRC 01094

Descriptionbeaver carved in forepiece, tail in front of chest, but lacking prominent incisors or stick. painted red and black, inlaid with haliotis, bordered by row of haliotis. whalebone hoop frame, sea lion whiskers all around, swan skin and red wing flicker feathers on either side of forepiece. woven cedar bark skull cap partially lined with blacck cloth. whalebone stiffenerrs in cotton neck piece. 41 ermines in rows of 11, 7, 9, 9, 5. cotton ribs tie headdress onto head of wearer.
collected in Masset

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