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Sakii.id (headress and frontlet)

Dateca. 1870

Maker Simeon sdiihldaa (skil kingaans) First Nations, Haida, st'langng 'laanaas Raven clan, 1799 - 1889

Label TextThe wide raised nose bridge and prominence above the eyelid line on the bear's face are identifiable features of sdiihldaa's facial sculptural style. sdiihldaa lived and worked in Masset along with other artists. His work has been previously misattributed to Charles Edenshaw and others, but is increasingly recognized and admired for its unique characteristics.

Object number91.1.46

Provenance[Carlebach Gallery, New York, New York], in 1960; John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, 1960-1991; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Box of Daylight, September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984 Bellingham, Washington, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Arts of a Vanished Era, June 12 - October 31, 1968Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 100 Holm, Bill, Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art, Seattle Art Museum, University of Washington Press, 1983, no. 5, p. 21, illus. Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Arts of a Vanished Era, Bellingham, WA, 1968, p. 27.

Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg

Dimensions7 1/8 x 6 in. (18.1 x 15.24 cm) L.: 60 in.

MediumMaple, shell, sea lion whiskers, Flicker feathers, ermine, baleen