Representing Stellar sealion bull; carved and painted wood in black, red, and blue; 3 teeth and one carved and painted wood tooth inserted in mouth; perforations at sides of snout formerly held sealion whiskers.
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:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Dance helmet.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 29.2 centimeters and height 32.5 centimeters
Comment:
According to Bill Holm, has typical little pointed ears and massive head of sealion, but eyes rather round for the species.
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), S1952-1953 #2: California Palace of the Legion of Honor (dates unknown), S1963-1964 #9: UC San Francisco Medical Center (September 3, 1963–October 11, 1963), S1986-1987 #28: SFO Museum (June 4, 1987–August 26, 1987), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)