Hair Ornament

NA5704

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5704
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Iron | Abalone Shell
Description

Iron hair ornament that attaches to a young girl's hair braid. V-shaped with a deep notch in the center. Both arms have three longitudinal ridges and terminate in a spiral with a shell disc inlaid at the center of the spiral. The lower edge of each arm is somewhat thinned and the entire ornament bears similarities to Northwest Coast dagger pommels.

Length 12.6 cm
Width 5.8 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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