Trees

Frontlet Frontlet
Tsimshian, collected 1904

This type of frontlet is worn as a headdress, usually with a trailer of ermine skins. As a dancer shakes his head from side to side during the dance, white bird down floats out from the crown of sea lion whiskers.

Maple? (Acer sp.), mineral paints; L 9.8 x W 16.6 x H 16.2 cm; 3178-33