Headdress

Item number Ag63 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Headdress or helmet carved from one piece of wood with a domed shape, a bird's beak, domed eyes, and horns that curve upwards at the ends. Both sides have a semi-circular red band with a wider band containing alternate red and light brown triangular patterns. The beak tip is black, and the remainder of the beak has a red and light brown pattern composed of triangles. The tip and base of each horn is black, the remainder is decorated with alternating red and light brown diagonal bands delineated with black lines on the outer surface, and the inner surface is painted red. The ridged top of the crown is black.