Mask headdress in the form of a mosquito
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1880
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Gitxaała (attributed)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source circa 1910.
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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: 2/6360
label: Barcode
content: 026360.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
label: Indigenous Term
content: gayt
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mask headdress in the form of a mosquito
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, copper, hide, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 30 x 17.5 cm