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Shark Frontlet
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Shark Frontlet
Shark Frontlet

Shark Frontlet

Date1899
Mediumermine skin, abalone shell, cedar bark, wood, cotton, whale baleen, sea lion whister, mammal sinew, mammal wool, metal
DimensionsOther: 29 × 13.2 × 150 cm (11 7/16 × 5 3/16 × 59 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1102
Object numberHRC 01102
Descriptioncrown is of woven cedar bark checker weave; inside and top lined with brown print cotton. around top and bottom edges of crown is band of wood. to these are lashed uniform lengths of pieces of baleen, vertically, with cedar thread. to top ends of baleen are boudn sea lion whiskers. at centre front plaque of thunderbird, frog and whale secured with sinew up either side. flanking sides of plaque are bunches of feathers inserted into ap iece of red flannel. train of beige canvas like fabric hangs down back; folded up to form bag with top turned down and pinned with straight pin. bag covered with ermin skins, mostly dehaired; skins stitched along length of baleen which is threaded through fabric across bottom and tops.
collected in Skidegate
Exhibition HistoryVisual .... (...) - (...) Hamburg Museum (4-79) - (11-79) Ravens World (9-84) - (9-88)
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