Fragment: Headdress Item Number: A3633 b-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Two pieces of painted cotton (parts b and c) that used to be attached to the wooden bird headdress (part a). Part b has red and black Northwest Coast style designs, including a face, painted on it. Part c has Northwest Coast style feathers painted in black and a scalloped, feather-like edge along one side.
Iconographic Meaning
Crane and hawk headdress.
Narrative
Made in Bella Bella for Alice Hunt's great-grandfather (M. Martin, 1951).
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada before 1951
- Collected in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Jonathan Hunt before November 1951
- Received from Jonathan Hunt (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) during November 1951
What
- Name
- Fragment: Headdress
- Identification Number
- A3633 b-c
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- cotton fibre and paint
- Part B
- height 61.0 cm, width 35.0 cm
- Part C
- height 25.0 cm, width 32.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Jonathan Hunt
- Received from
- Jonathan Hunt (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1951
- Ownership Date
- before November 1951
- Acquisition Date
- during November 1951
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1913/0026 b-c