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ProvenanceJack Kurtright, Tacoma, Washington; Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.368.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 411.
Culture
Tlingit
Proto-Frontlet
Date1780-1830
MediumSpruce, pigment
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 2 in. (16.5 × 13.3 × 5.1 cm)
Object numberT0207
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThe Tlingit created a great variety of frontlets. The main face on top of this frontlet denotes its age and Tlingit origin. The crane-like, long-beaked bird head that forms the center often appears in shamanic representations such as those on oystercatcher rattles.ProvenanceJack Kurtright, Tacoma, Washington; Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.368.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 411.
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