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Ear Ornaments | Woman's1129

The yarn is wool and red.

Culture
Tlingit: Sitka
Material
hair, yarn and wool
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Dance Wand1-443

The paint is red, black, blue, and white.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood, hair and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Paintbrush | ReproductionR-218
Headdress959

Tall, glossy black dorsal fin, hair streaming from the trailing edge, is the mark of the killer whale: the most imposing natural animal of the Tlingit world and a crest of the Wolf phratry. Here the orca is combined with the wolf itself in a powerful crest headdress, collected by George Emmons from the Stikine Tlingit. Emmons did not identify the clan that owned the headdress, but described it as of "totemic significance," worn by the chief--to whose care it was entrusted--only upon special occasions when the whole family was present. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Tlingit: Stikine
Material
wood, human hair and paint
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Dance Staff2.5E519
Paintbrush1606
Headdress | Killer Whale2313

The tall fin, a special mark of the killer whale, is often pierced with a round hole, or marked with a circle. One Tlingit story explains that the man who first carved killer whales of yellow cedar (he tried unsuccessfully to make them of cottonwood bark, alder, hemlock, and red cedar) carved holes in their dorsal fins and, using them as handholds, was towed away from an island on which his brothers-in-law had marooned him. Later he sent his spirit whales to revenge him by smashing their canoe. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Tlingit: Henya
Material
wood, brass metal, hair and human
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Ladle1343

The wood is paint.

Culture
Tlingit: Hutsnuwu
Material
wood, paint and hair
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Hair Bundle1663