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Rattle, Human Face, HawkE/693

SPIRITS LIKE THE SOUND OF THE RATTLE AND DRUM: GEORGE THORNTON EMMONS' COLLECTION OF TLINGIT SHAMANS' KITS. ILIFF, BARBARA ELIZABETH DISSERTATION, 1994

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood, pigment, hide and human hair
Made in
Katkwaahltu, Chilkat River, Haines Borough, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Mask, Drowned TlingitE/400

TANGIBLE VISIONS. WARDWELL, ALLEN, 1996 SPIRITS LIKE THE SOUND OF THE RATTLE AND DRUM: GEORGE THORNTON EMMONS' COLLECTION OF TLINGIT SHAMANS' KITS. ILIFF, BARBARA ELIZABETH DISSERTATION, 1994 UNDER MOUNT ST. ELIAS: THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE YAKUTAT TLINGIT. DE LAGUNA, FREDERICA, 7, 1972

Culture
Tlingit: Gun Nah Ho
Material
wood, pigment, hide, human hair, bear fur, operculum, metal and string
Made in
Gun Nah Ho Qwan, Alsek River, Dry Bay, Yakutat Borough, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Mask2004-2/288
Headdress2004-2/158

The paint is black, white, yellow, red, and blue.

Culture
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
Material
wood, paint, cedar bark, leather, human hair and horse hair
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Wig Headdress41.427

Wig headdress consisting of a cap made by simple looping of cotton (white) and undyed camelid fibers (natural browns). Thin braids of human hair are attached to and hang from the cap, and are decorated at the lower ends with red, white, yellow/gold, and blue dyed camelid fibers that are wrapped aound each braid. Wig headdresses have been found in association with mummy bundles of elite Wari state representatives buried along the desert coast. They would have been placed on top of the false head of a mummy bundle (Rebecca Stone-Miller, To Weave for the Sun. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Thames and Hudson, 1992). Size: adult. Probable wearer: female or undetermined. Hat: camelid fiber, simple looping. Braiding: human hair. Camelid fiber wrapping.

Culture
Wari
Material
cotton, camelid fibre, human hair and bast fibre
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Headdress, 2 Ears16/266 C
Belt (Chumpi) with Underbelt (Tayka wak a)2002.62.16a-b

Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Material
alpaca fleece, sheep wool, synthetic dye and human hair
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Back Ornament88.89.11

Anonymous gift

Culture
Shuar and Achuar
Material
bird bone, seed, feather, cotton fibre, human hair and beetle-wing cover
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Shaman's Doll Riding on the Back of a Killer Whale62.82

Frank L. Babbott Fund

Culture
Tlingit
Material
red cedar wood, pigment, leather, human hair and feather
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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