Headdress
29-175-626
From: Washington (U. S. State)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-626 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Makah |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Cloth | Pigment | Feather |
| Description | Cloth over egg-shaped wooden splint frame. Bottom cloth is light and over back 2/3s has been sewn black and orange squares in "checkerboard" effect. Front has a face made of red, orange and black cut-out cloths sewn on bottom cloth to form a drooping mouth, eyes and eye-brows. Bunch of feathers attached on one side half-way along top-mostly light green (parrot?) with two dark ones (duck?); black feathers attached to top rear. |
| Height | 17 cm |
| Length | 31.8 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 7/3530 - Collector Number |
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