Wooden mask headdress. With hair and traces of black and red paint.
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
Materials:
Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses and Masks (costume)
Function:
2.3 Special Ornaments, Garb, and Finery Worn to Battle by Warrior (excluding status insignia)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
War helmet, probably worn with visor for additional protection; may be portrait of owner.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 16 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-13617, 13-2345, 2346; 15-20181. Published: "Art of the NW Coast Indians" Fig. 96; R.B. Inverarity, U.C. Press, 1950; Illustrated in R.H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology catalog, "Art of the Northwest Coast", Spring Exhibit, March 26-October 17, 1965, p. 86; "Pacific Art Review", p. 32; "The Instructor", Vol. LXXV, No. 6, February 1966, p. 24, Danville, N.Y. Early 19th century (fide Bill Holm, February, 1977).
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), and S1965-1966 #86a: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (May 19, 1966–September 6, 1966)