Wooden Helmet, Bird Figure Item Number: E20882-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "HAND CARVED FROM THE SOLID. TRACES OF VERMILLION, ALSO OF A SLATE COLORED PAINT. BIRD FIGURE. LOAN: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA [MEXICO], MAY 18, 1964." Loan returned 2012. SEE PROCESSING LAB ACCESSION FILE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. See p. 206-207 in Wright, Robin Kathleen. 2001. Northern Haida master carvers. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Wright identifies this object as having been collected by James G. Swan from Duncan ginaawaan at Klinkwan in 1875.
Item History
- Made in Klinkwan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Klinkwan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Wooden Helmet, Bird Figure
- Identification Number
- E20882-0
- Type of Item
- helmet
Who
- Culture
- Haida
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Klinkwan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Klinkwan, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730