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FROM OLD 19TH CENTURY OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "HEAD-DRESS.---SKULL CAP MADE OF FIVE TRIANGULAR PIECES OF BLUE AND RED CLOTH, ON THE EXTERIOR PART OF WHICH ARE SEWED NUMEROUS LONG LOCKS OF DARK-BROWN HUMAN HAIR. FITTED WITH STRINGS ON SIDE AND WORN AS DANCING WIG. SITKA-KWAHN INDIANS. CIRCUMFERENCE, 24 INS. LENGTH, 24 INS. SITKA, ALASKA, 1876. 20,781. COLLECTED BY J. G. SWAN."
Swan's original tag with the artifact identifies this as a dancing cap.
From card: "Bear, bear-killer whale, and beaver motifs."
From card: "Surface inlaid with bone and etched with animal design, probably beaver."
From card: "Dark blue or black wool with red wool trim at tops. Skin ties. Bear figure on each legging made of white glass beads and abalone shell disks. According to tag with object, goes with skirt #193 (Cat. #89187)."
FROM CARD: "$4.00."