Frontlet headdress representing a beaver
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1870
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Tlingit (attributed); collected from the Nisga'a (Niska)
label: Seller
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: Collector
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 MAI from George T. Emmons in 1919.
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska, British Columbia; USA, Canada (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Tlingit
label: See related items
content: Nisga'a (Niska)
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: 9/6739
label: Barcode
content: 096739.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Frontlet headdress representing a beaver
label: Media/Materials
content: Hide, wood, ermine skin/fur, abalone/haliotis shell, sea lion whiskers, wool cloth, eagle down, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted, sewn
label: Dimensions
content: 80 x 42 x 42 cm