Headdress
NA11764
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA11764 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | Sitka Kaagwaantaan Clan | Star House |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Hide | Ermine | Abalone | Fur |
| Description | War headdress called "Ears of the Grizzly" of the famous warrior, Yakuan (LS). Made from a piece of bear fur bound in the back with hide straps. The fur is cut with two raised sections in the front, each topped with an ermine pelt. A piece of abalone shell is attached on one side with carvings resembling a skull in profile. Said to be made from the skin of a bear killed by the wolf knife, NA11763. |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1927 |
| Other Number | 138 - Other Number |
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