Headdress Frontlet Item Number: 1-1458 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is red, black, green, and blue.
Exhibit Label
Family crests are displayed on carved wooden plaques attached to dance headdresses. These have a long trailer of ermine skins and a crown of upright sea lion whiskers. This whisker "fence" holds eagle down, symbolizing peace, that cascades out as the dancer bobs his or her head. This gives the name Feather Dances to the Tlasula.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Walter C. Waters
What
- Name
- Headdress Frontlet
- Identification Number
- 1-1458
- Type of Item
- headdress frontlet
- Material
- wood, paint and abalone shell
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, painted and inlaid
- Overall
- length 20.0 cm, width 16.0 cm, depth 14.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Mrs. Walter C. Waters
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Purchased from Mrs. Walter C. Waters
- Motif
- Bird
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection