Notes

From card: "$1.50." From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label with card: "Leather, 2 inches broad, to which are attached four long wooden ornaments, the lower parts by which they are secured being carved in shape of a man's face, painted blue, and the upper parts being plain, painted black, and grooved on inner surface (red). The tops are ornamented with tufts of white sean's down, and held together in vertical position by a band or cord. Worn by Shaman of Sitka-Kwan Indians in ceremonial dances. Circumference, 20 ins. Height, 18 ins. Alaska, 1882. Collected by John J. McLean."