mask frontlet headdress

Title

mask frontlet headdress

Identifier

ABDUA:9500

Description

The headdress frontlet (in form of a thunderbird) for a dancing mask, wooden with decoration in black, red and blue paint. Bella Bella or Tsimshian, Fort Simpson, British Columbia The head-dress was worn in the dance in which the raven rattle was shaken. Figures carved on the frontlets were usually family crests; this one appears to be a thunderbird.

Format

H: 165 mm W: 137 mm

Coverage

North.America Canada North.West.Coast Port.Simpson

Creator

Mitchell, William Captain

Source

Heiltsuk Bella.Bella Tsimshian

Relation

wood pigment

Contributor

Mitchell, William Captain

UUID

3102d0ab-88ae-46b4-bf45-1015f28259de

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