Headdress in the form of a mountain goat's horns
Headdress in the form of a mountain goat's horns

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Headdress in the form of a mountain goat's horns,

before 1885

Lingít
PU 5058

Information

Title
Headdress in the form of a mountain goat's horns
Dates

before 1885

Medium
Wood carving with red and black pigment, leather headband
Dimensions
h. 28.0 cm., w. 18.0 cm., d. 4.0 cm. (11 x 7 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5058
Place Collected

North America

Marks/Labels/Seals
5058 written inside one horn
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
performances, shamanism, headdresses, masks (costume), ceremonial objects, regalia
Materials
wood
Subject
goats, anthropomorphic

Collected by either Rev. Sheldon Jackson or George T. Emmons, 1877-1894; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882-1894

Shaman's headdress in the form of a mountain goat's horns

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