Raven
NA11758
From: United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Haines
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Title | Raven |
| Object Number | NA11758 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chilkoot | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Haines |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | Lukaax.adi Clan |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birch Bark | Wood | Abalone Shell | Porcupine Quill | Fur | Pigment | Hide | Cotton |
| Technique | Carved | Embroidered |
| Description | Headdress or cap called the "Raven Headcover" (LS). A raven's head is carved from wood and attached at the front of the headdress. The raven has abalone shell eyes and a white ermine pelt in its mouth. Goat and bear fur adorn the top of the headpiece behind the raven head. A design made from dyed porcupine quills adorns the body of the cap. Quill work is stitched onto a thin leather backing that is then sewn onto a birch bark frame. The stepped design made with quill work is similar to a Tlingit basketry pattern called "shaman's hat." (Kaplan and Barsness, 1986 p. 165) |
| Length | 41.5 cm |
| Width | 17.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1927 |
| Other Number | 132 - Other Number |
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