Headdress, Dancing Item Number: 16/253 from the American Museum of Natural History

Publications

NORTHERN HAIDA MASTER CARVERS. WRIGHT, ROBIN K., 2001, Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS

Item History

What

Name
Headdress, Dancing
Identification Number
16/253
Type of Item
headdress
Material
wood, pigment, abalone shell, whisker, feather, hide, ermine fur, string, baleen and sinew
Overall
length 114.0 cm, width 39.0 cm, height 24.5 cm

Who

Culture
Haida
Received from
Heber R. Bishop

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
British Columbia, Canada

Other

Subject
REPRESENTS HAWK CARRYING FISH