Headdress

NA7007

From: Alaska | Utkiavik | Point Barrow Region

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7007
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Utkiavik | Point Barrow Region
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Baleen | Eagle Feathers
Description

Two strips of baleen, one bent to form the heaband and the other to support a feather bundle of 9 feathers bound with hide at their base.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Point Barrow Region; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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