Killer whale headdress
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Gitxaała (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
label: Seller
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected in the 1870s; acquired by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1914.
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place: label: Place
content: Kitkatla (Lax Klan); North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Gitxaała
label: See related items
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 3/5012
label: Barcode
content: 035012.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
label: Indigenous Term
content: gayt
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Killer whale headdress
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, cordage, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 38 x 18 x 40 cm