Headdress Item Number: A7297 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Leather headband with seventeen bear claws attached to it at evenly spaced intervals. Tips of claws are held upright by string tied to each and wrapped with very thin layers of ermine (?) skin.
Cultural Context
Shaman's headdress.
Narrative
Said to have been collected by Donald MacKay while he was the Indian Commissioner for BC, 1937-1948.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected between 1937 and 1948
- Owned by Donald M. MacKay
- Owned by Marion MacKay before February 13, 1961
- Received from Marion MacKay (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on February 13, 1961
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- A7297
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- bear claw, ermine skin ? and leather skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- bored, sewn and tied
- Overall
- height 9.5 cm, width 33.0 cm, depth 26.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Previous Owner
- Donald M. MacKay and Marion MacKay
- Received from
- Marion MacKay (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1937 and 1948
- Ownership Date
- before February 13, 1961
- Acquisition Date
- on February 13, 1961
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0044/0016