Dentalium Headdress Item Number: E2705-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG GLUED ON, NO. 395. WRITTEN ON ONE DENTALIUM SHELL: "CLASSET MR. CALE [HALE?] EX EX".From 19th or early 20th century exhibit label stored with card: "Head-dress - Thirteen strings of shells, Dentalium indianorum, rove through strips of leather 2 ins. long, to preserve band shape. At opposite sides are fastened the ends of a pendant chin-strap made of strings of same shell. Length, 18 ins. Width, 2 ins. N.W. Coast of N. America, 1841, U.S. Explor. Expedition, Capt. Chas. Wilkes, U.S.N."
Item History
- Made in North West Coast, USA
- Collected by Horatio Hale in North West Coast, USA between 1838 and 1842
- Received from United States Exploring Expedition during 1858
What
- Name
- Dentalium Headdress
- Identification Number
- E2705-0
- Type of Item
- headdress
Who
- Culture
- Makah and Classet ?
- Field Collector
- Horatio Hale
- Received from
- United States Exploring Expedition
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- North West Coast, USA
- Collected in
- North West Coast, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1838 and 1842
- Acquisition Date
- during 1858
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00050