Sujet
Helmet with potlatch rings
Légende
Helmet with potlatch rings, On ceremonial occasions Haida chiefs wore helmets bearing their primary crests Often in Northwest Coast art some anatomical elements are emphasized while others remain absent. The head of this animal is ambiguous but the salient dorsal fin indicates that a killer whale is intended. Northwest Coast of America. Haida. collected 1892. Queen Charlotte Islands.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A29_250
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
26,3Mo (1,3Mo) / 22,2cm x 29,6cm / 2624 x 3500 (300dpi)