Helmet Item Number: 2004-2/159 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Spirit of the Ancestors-Many wolf headdresses take this raised snout form. Here the artist has created a hat based on the form of northern Northwest Coast crest hat, using the Nuu-chah-nulth wolf that draws on his own Dit-i-daht artistic and cultural heritage.
Item History
- Made by Art Thompson
- Received from Arthur B. Steinman
What
Who
- Culture
- Nuu-chah-nulth: Ditidaht
- Creator
- Art Thompson
- Received from
- Arthur B. Steinman
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Wolf
- Credit
- Gift of Arthur B. Steinman
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection