Ornament

Museum number:
2-6494
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2687 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved, wooden. Animal head set with hair and abalone; profile of killer whale head and dorsal fin (hole represents blow hole of whale). Painted red, blue and black.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Hat ornament.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16 centimeters and width 11 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. "Art of Northwest Coast Indians", figs. 214-216, R.B. Inverarity, UC Press, 1950, and "Tlingit War Helmets and Clan Hats", L. Shotridge, "University Penn. Museum Journal", Vol. X (1919), p. 43.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), and S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ornament, accession number 2-6494, described as Carved, wooden. Animal head set with hair and abalone; profile of killer whale head and dorsal fin (hole represents blow hole of whale). Painted red, blue and black.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Ornament, accession number 2-6494, described as Carved, wooden. Animal head set with hair and abalone; profile of killer whale head and dorsal fin (hole represents blow hole of whale). Painted red, blue and black.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Ornament, accession number 2-6494, described as Carved, wooden. Animal head set with hair and abalone; profile of killer whale head and dorsal fin (hole represents blow hole of whale). Painted red, blue and black.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-6494, described as Carved, wooden. Animal head set with hair and abalone; profile of killer whale head and dorsal fin (hole represents blow hole of whale). Painted red, blue and black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-6494, described as Carved, wooden. Animal head set with hair and abalone; profile of killer whale head and dorsal fin (hole represents blow hole of whale). Painted red, blue and black.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 2-6494, described as Carved, wooden. Animal head set with hair and abalone; profile of killer whale head and dorsal fin (hole represents blow hole of whale). Painted red, blue and black.

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