Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)

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Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster),

ca. 1850

Lingít
PU 5178

Information

Title
Xaat s'áaxw (spruce root crest hat) with kéet or gunakadeit (killer whale or sea monster)
Dates

ca. 1850

Medium
Twinned spruce root with red and black pigment
Dimensions
h. 18.7 cm., w. 40.0 cm., d. 37.0 cm. (7 3/8 x 15 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5178
Place Collected

North America, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)

Marks/Labels/Seals
5178 written on inside
Culture
Native American, Lingít
Type
ceremonies, clothing, regalia, hats, weaving
Materials
root, pigment
Techniques
twining, weaving
Subject
people, crests, abstraction, social status

Collected by Prof. William Libbey during Mount St. Elias Expedition in 1886; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1886

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