Title
mask frontlet headdress
Identifier
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