Culture: Tlingit. Place: Klukwan, Alaska . Date collected: 6/28/1926. Material: Abalone shell, wood, pigment, ermine skin, flicker feathers, sea lion whiskers, wool or felt fabric . Width: 40.0 cm. Length: 51.2 cm. Note: "Like the "Lord of Hawks" (Specimen 110) the old headdress had been acquired, from the Tsimshian People, only for its articstic value, and only little thought was given to the certainty of the object that it represent. Only by recognition that it wa. ""The Mystery of the Sea", Guna-kade.t" | Related Alaska State Library document:asl_ms37_420
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cedar bark headdress, Klukwan (Id: NA10831_01.jpg) 3D View
Culture: Tlingit. Place: Klukwan, Alaska . Date collected: 6/28/1926. Material: Abalone shell, wood, pigment, ermine skin, flicker feathers, sea lion whiskers, wool or felt fabric . Width: 40.0 cm. Length: 51.2 cm. Note: "Like the "Lord of Hawks" (Specimen 110) the old headdress had been acquired, from the Tsimshian People, only for its articstic value, and only little thought was given to the certainty of the object that it represent. Only by recognition that it wa. ""The Mystery of the Sea", Guna-kade.t" | Related Alaska State Library document:asl_ms37_420