Headband

NA11754

From: United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Sitka

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA11754
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Sitka
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Sitka Kaagwaantaan Clan?
Section American
Materials Cedar Bark | Cloth | Feather
Technique Twisted
Description

Headband or neck ring made from twisted cedar bark fibers. Two sections opposite one another are wrapped with cedar bark cordage to keep the ring together. The ring is made up of four cedar bark ropes and the ends are frayed.

Length 26 cm
Width 16 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1926
Other Number 128 - Other Number

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