Sujet
Headdress worn only at important occasions
Légende
Headdress worn only at important occasions, It represents a large beaver with a smaller beaver between its forelegs identified by the prominent incisors and cross hatched tail in front of the belly. Constructed on a whalebone frame with sea lion whiskers protruding from the top. Trimmed with ermine tails & swan down. Northwest Coast of America. Tlingit. collected c 1900. Alaska.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Canadian Museum of Civilization
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A29_296
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
46,4Mo (1,7Mo) / 29,9cm x 38,9cm / 3531 x 4596 (300dpi)