Festival Headdress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Apr 1902
label: Collection Date
content: ca. 1901 - 1902 ?
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. George T. Emmons
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made from scalp locks." From accession file: "Festival headdress, made from the hair of women from Kluckwon, the Chilkat tribe, and worn by men. It imitates the wearing of the hair by the interior Athabaskan tribes, Yukon Valley. The beaded ornaments are to represent earrings."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Klukwan (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit, Chilkat
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 039254
label: USNM Number
content: E215584-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress