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Kéet shadakóox (killer whale crest hat) with four status rings,
ca. 1860
Lingít
PU 5179
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Title
Kéet shadakóox (killer whale crest hat) with four status rings
Dates
ca. 1860
Medium
Spruce root with red, black, and blue paint
Dimensions
h. 23.7 × diam. 32.7 cm (9 5/16 × 12 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5179
Place Collected
North America, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)
Culture
Techniques
Subject
Collected by Prof. William Libbey during Mount St. Elias Expedition in 1886; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1886
- Donald Baird, "Tlingit Treasure: How an Important Collection Came to Princeton," Princeton Alumni Weekly, vol. 65, no. 17 (Feb. 16, 1965a): 6-11., pp. 6–9, 10 (illus.), 11, 17, 20 (illus.)
- Gillett G. Griffin. Art of the Northwest Coast (Princeton University Art Museum, 1969)., cat. no 57, p. 38
- De Laguna, Frederica. Under Mount Saint Elias: the history and culture of the Yakutat Tlingit. vol. 7 of Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology (Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972)., p. 418; plate 119, p. 1036 (illus.)
- Helen H. Marr, Voices of the Ancestors: Music in the Life of the Northwest Coast Indians (Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum, 1986)., p. 21
- Allen Wardwell, et al. "Princeton's Collections of Northwest Coast Indian Art," American Indian Art Magazine, vol. 22, no. 2 (Spring 1997): 34-43., fig. 6, p. 39 (illus.)
