Dance Headdress

Ida Wesley, Yup'ik / American, 20th century
Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic

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20th century

Seal, caribou hair and skin, fur, glass beads and cotton cloth

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

170.38.24688

Geography

Place Made: Nunivak Island, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Headwear

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Course History

NAS 30.18, Indians Who Rock the World: Native American Contemporary Music, Davina Two Bears, Spring 2019

NAS 30.24/MUS 3.06, Sound Relations: Indigenous Musical Perspectives, Sunaina Kale, Spring 2022

Provenance

Dr. Philip O. Nice (1917-2002); sold to present collection, 1970.

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