Albino groundhog-skin headdress
- Date created
- 1860-1890
- Culture/People
- Gitxsan (Gitksan)
- Collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye/MAI from George T. Emmons after 1905.
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- Place
- Skeena River; Kispiox (Kishpiyeoux); Kitimat-Stikine Regional District; British Columbia; Canada
- See related items
- Gitxsan (Gitksan)
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4334
- Barcode
- 004334.000
- Object Type
- Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses
- Native Term
- maas gwiikw
- Object Name
- Albino groundhog-skin headdress
- Media/Materials
- Groundhog/woodchuck hide/skin, ermine skin/fur, flicker feather/feathers (yellow-shafted flicker), abalone/haliotis shell, wood, cotton cloth, iron, copper, pigment/pigments
- Techniques
- Carved, painted, inlaid, sewn
- Dimensions
- 85 x 28 x 17.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_4485