Albino groundhog-skin headdress
date: label: Date created
content: 1860-1890
name: label: Culture/People
content: Gitxsan (Gitksan)
label: Collector
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
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: Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye/MAI from George T. Emmons after 1905.
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place: label: Place
content: Skeena River; Kispiox (Kishpiyeoux); Kitimat-Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
setName: label: See related items
content: Gitxsan (Gitksan)
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: 4334
label: Barcode
content: 004334.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
label: Indigenous Term
content: maas gwiikw
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Albino groundhog-skin headdress
label: Media/Materials
content: Groundhog/woodchuck hide/skin, ermine skin/fur, flicker feather/feathers (yellow-shafted flicker), abalone/haliotis shell, wood, cotton cloth, iron, copper, pigment/pigments
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, inlaid, sewn
label: Dimensions
content: 85 x 28 x 17.5 cm