Salmon headdress
date: label: Date created
content: 1870-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: Tlingit [Tongass]
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; formerly in the collection of Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899); purchased by MAI from George T. Emmons in 1927.
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place: label: Place
content: Ketchikan; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Alexander Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Revillagigedo Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit [Tongass]
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: 15/4416
label: Barcode
content: 154416.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
label: Indigenous Term
content: x'aat s'aaxwu
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Salmon headdress
label: Media/Materials
content: Hardwood, abalone/haliotis shell, copper, commercially tanned leather, paint, iron nails
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, inlaid, nailed
label: Dimensions
content: 16.0 x 55.0 x 5.5 cm