Headdress
Tsimshian
First Nation
Northwest Coast
late 19th-early 20th century, collected late 1920s-1945
Cedar bark and cloth and cotton lining
Overall: 6 5/16 × 11 × 8 7/16 in. (16 × 28 × 21.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer
163.22.15119
Geography
Place Made: Kitkatia, Dolphin Island, Canada, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Solomon Brown (about 1887-1970), Kitkatla, British Columbia; collected by Axel Rasmussen, in the 1920's and 1930's [until his death in 1945]; Earl Stendahl; to Doris Meltzer, Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1963.
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