Headdress Item Number: A2204 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Headdress with oval shape as veiwed from top and sea lion whiskers attached to the bent stem (?) frame with the tallest whisker tip forming a peak at the centre. The top is covered in light brown cotton fabric with a piece of rounded leather at the back of the top, and the bottom half is reinforced with leather. There are two rectangles of purple ridged fabric attached to either side of the front.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada ?
- Received from Unknown (Unknown)
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- A2204
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- leather skin, fibre and sea lion whisker
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn and bound
- Overall
- height 26.0 cm, width 23.5 cm, depth 16.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Unknown (Unknown)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada ?
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- poor