Tlingit
Beaver Crest Hat
Tlingit, 1867
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Tlingit
Beaver Crest Hat
Tlingit, 1867
Physical Qualities
Wood, pigment, copper alloy, dentalium shell, mother of pearl, string, 10 5/8 x 14 3/8 x 15 3/8 in. (27 x 36.5 x 39 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1992.257
Hat with sculpted and painted formline beaver. Three potlatch disks on top and two strands of dentalium shells appended to top disk. Beaver has shell inlay eyes; shell inlay ornaments formline paws. Black, green and red pigments.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift; Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Inscribed: None
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