Frontlet

Item number 3261/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Rectangular carved frontlet with bird in relief; abalone inlay along both sides and across top, and used for accents on animal features. Bird face with crooked beak going into lower lip. Below the face are red human-like arms and hands with palms out, fingers upwar, with abalone on each palm. The bird's mouth is open, showing a row of abalone teeth behind wooden incisors and red painted lips. The eyes are circles of abalone, under arched black brows. A carved whale is below with its tail fin at the center and pectoral fins at sides with abalone inlay. Painted red, green-blue, and black. The rear of the frontlet is concave. Illegible hand writing on back surface.