Bear and Children and Shaman Item Number: 2004-2/153 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Spirit of the Ancestors-This maskette takes the form of a Tlingit shaman's headdress. Many contemporary Northwest Coast artists draw inspiration from both old and new objects from tribal traditions other than their own.
Item History
- Made by George Pennier
- Received from Arthur B. Steinman
What
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Creator
- George Pennier
- Received from
- Arthur B. Steinman
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Arthur B. Steinman
- Motif
- Humanoid | Bear
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection