Headdress Item Number: 3051/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Bear claw headdress. Thick leather strip, stitched at the ends with 13 long, curved bear claws sewn on with sinew at their proximal ends. Distal ends are blunted and a small hole has been bored through each tip for cotton string to pass through, connecting the claws to each other in a circle. Several claws have come unattached to the string, and several are missing.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Barbara Robertson before December 22, 2010
- Owned by Alexander C. Robertson before February 19, 2014
- Received from Alexander C. Robertson (Donor) on February 19, 2014
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- 3051/6
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- bear claw, leather skin, cotton fibre and sinew
- Overall
- height 8.0 cm, diameter 26.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Gitxsan
- Previous Owner
- Barbara Robertson and Alexander C. Robertson
- Received from
- Alexander C. Robertson (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 22, 2010 and before February 19, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on February 19, 2014
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3051/0006