Wooden Helmet Old Style, Carved Seal Item Number: E60215-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

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FROM CARD: "CUT FROM THE SOLID, CARVED TO REPRESENT THE BEAVER, PAINTED, AND PEGGED WITH TUFTS OF HUMAN HAIR ON CREST. INCISOR TEETH, TWO UPPER AND TWO LOWER, OF BRASS. TROUGHSCUT FOR REMAINDER OF TEETH NOW EMPTY. PAINTED GREEN OVER ALL, EXCEPT EYEBALLS, BLACK; EYE-BROWS, BLACK; NOSTRILS, RED; LIPS, BLACK. (RESTORED SECTION OF CHEEK SECURED WITH PEGS) NEG. NO. 43,227-E (FRONT). 43,227-F (PROFILE-RIGHT SIDE)."McLean list in accession file identifies this object as Chilcat. It appears that Chilcat may be meant as a place name on this list, perhaps not specifically or exclusively as a culture name, similar to the way other objects in the collection are identified as Sitka, Kootzahoo, and Hoonia. Chilcat/Chilkat is a name sometimes used for Klukwan.