OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: SECOND EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978 OBJECTS OF BRIGHT PRIDE: NORTHWEST COAST INDIAN ART FROM THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.FIRST EDITION. WARDWELL, ALLEN EXHIBITION CATALOG, 1978, Publisher: THE CENTER FOR INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF THE ARTS

Headdress with frontlet. Frontlet depicts eagle with killer whale above and human-like face below. Painted black around eyes and beak, blue around mouth, red on forehead, side of face, mouth, and claws. Mirrors inset for bird eyes. Frontlet is inlaid with abalone shell pieces around three edges, with an extra, smaller, row on sides. Shell pieces are tied on. Ermine pelts, some with red cloth tied to them, drape down at the sides and back. Only a few sea lion whiskers still extend at top.

Face mask with a large curved nose. Face is dark blue-green. Black circle in circle eyes are surrounded by a black area that extends into the nose. Red mouth in the shape of a figure eight. Moustache and whiskers indicated by black dots and sea lion whiskers. Hair represented by grass.

Light brown, translucent anorak, or hooded coat, made from strips of intestine sewn together horizontally; the centre of the strips of intestine are marked by a long silvery grey streak. Long sleeves and hood with drawstring. Appears to be machine stitched.

Headdress with oval shape as veiwed from top and sea lion whiskers attached to the bent stem (?) frame with the tallest whisker tip forming a peak at the centre. The top is covered in light brown cotton fabric with a piece of rounded leather at the back of the top, and the bottom half is reinforced with leather. There are two rectangles of purple ridged fabric attached to either side of the front.

Ermine headdress attached to a wooden frontlet. Frontlet in painted in blue, red and black with a central figure of a humanoid face with protruding, hooked nose encircled by a red-lined ring of abalone. Two faces, one humanoid and mask-like, the other round and black with red lips, sit atop and below the main face. The eyes of all three faces are inlaid with abalone. The frontlet is attached to the front of a circular white fur cap, attached to a long train (90 cm) of white ermine pelts with brown tails sewn onto a length of white fabric backing. A vertical row of brown whiskers protrude from the cap directly behind the top of the frontlet.

Wooden wolf headdress. Front is narrower than back and nailed to sides. Carved strips representing teeth screwed into inside of jaw. Back of mask decorated with curved loops. Top has sealion whiskers inserted into small holes. Snout represented by circular protuberance at each side and nostils are painted black and red. Large eyes painted at each side and background filled in with red linear designs.

Headdress with a frontlet with a bear design, painted blue around eyes, red mouth, fore and hind limbs, inlaid with abalone shell pieces. Abalone around bear, and extra row at each side. Headdress has sea lion whiskers at top, and ermine skins around head. Long cape with ermine pelts at back. Red cloth or black fibre, tied to some skins.

Headdress with a frontlet carved with a bear design, top and bottom figures. Inlaid with abalone shell pieces. Eyes of top figure are two pieces of mirror. Top of headdress is checker work cedar bark weaving. Cloth covered with white down. Feather at inside back dyed bright red. Red painted paws holding a face. Sea lion whiskers at top of headdress. Buttons at side and back of headdress. A cape (part b) is attached to these buttons. It is made of off-white ermine pelts with a cloth backing. Buttons used to attach next level of cloth with skins. Coloured wool(?), red, green and yellow, attached to some skins.

Painted bird headdress, with a protruding beak at front centre. The mask is natural wood with features and designs painted on. The beak, forehead and area surrounding the eyes is green; the eyebrows are black; cheeks, eyelids and mouth are orange. Silver is used to detail the eyes, nostrils, checks and forehead. Red designs including half circles are on either side of the headdress. Above the face is a row of carved feathers decorated with orange and green triangles and silver circles. Baleen is attached to the back of the mask and is visible above the headdress. A brown textile, and red and printed strands, are attached to the back, creating a head cover. (Similar to A7859).