Head Ornament Item Number: 1884.65.11 from the Pitt Rivers Museum
Notes Recorded During Mapping
item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Item History
What
- Name
- Head Ornament
- Identification Number
- 1884.65.11
- Type of Item
- head ornament
- Material
- wood, pigment and metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, painted and perforated
- Overall
- width 9.0 mm, height 187.0 mm
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Creator
- “Unknown” ?
- Field Collector
- “Unknown” ?
- Previous Owner
- as part of the first batch of objects sent there Pitt Rivers sent this object to Bethnal Green Museum for display probably in 1874.
- Received from
- Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers
Where
- Holding Institution
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Made in
- Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1884
Other
- Keyword
- Head Ornament; Figure
- Class
- Figure; Ornament