Shaman's Headdress
Southeast Alaska
ca. 1860
bear hide and fur, abalone shell, wood, human hair, buffalo hide ties, cotton twine
height: 9 ½"
width: 20 ¼"
Inventory # N4295
Sold
PROVENANCE
Sotheby's, NY, May 21, 1991, lot 142
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp., Taylor, MI
Splendid Heritage Collection (Warnock Cat. No.WC9105003), Palo Alto, CA
RELATED EXAMPLES
American Museum of Natural History, New York, Cat. No. 19/997 – See: Wardwell, Allen. Objects of Bright Pride: Northwest Coast Indian Art From the American Museum of Natural History. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1978, pg. 16
American Museum of Natural History, New York, Cat. No. E/2534 – See: Jonaitis, Aldona. From the Land of the Totem Poles. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988, pg 23
Jonaitis, Aldona. From the Land of the Totem Poles. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1988, pg. 94 for an image taken in 1888 of a Tlingit shaman wearing a similarly styled headdress