Headdress Part, Ceremonial Item Number: 16/967 from the American Museum of Natural History
Publications
VOICES OF THE ANCESTORS: MUSIC IN THE LIFE OF THE NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS. EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1986, Publisher: THE BRUCE MUSEUM
ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS. INVERARITY, ROBERT BRUCE, 1950, Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Exhibitions
PEARLS (AMNH, NEW YORK, NY, USA, 2001)
VOICES OF THE ANCESTORS: MUSIC IN THE LIFE OF NWC INDIANS (BRUCE MUSEUM, GREENWICH, CT, USA, 2001)
Item History
- Made in Nass River, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by George Hunt
- Received from Franz Boas
What
- Name
- Headdress Part, Ceremonial
- Identification Number
- 16/967
- Type of Item
- headdress part
- Material
- wood, pigment, abalone shell and sinew
- Overall
- length 19.7 cm, width 18.0 cm, height 7.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshianic ?
- Field Collector
- George Hunt
- Received from
- Franz Boas
Where
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Nass River, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Subject
- REPRESENTING THE WHITE OWL