Frontlet Item Number: A2465 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Carved wooden frontlet. Central figure is the face of an eagle, over a whale. The dorsal fin of the whale is represented by a small face with upright crest on the top edge of the frontlet. Flat margin around the main figures is inlaid with rectangular and circular pieces of abalone as are the eyes and various other parts of the main figures.

History Of Use

Worn on the forehead, attached to a head ring of reinforced cedar bark and cloth.