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Eagle war helmet

Dateca. 1780

Maker L'eneidi clan, Aanxahitaan, Angoon

Object number91.1.72

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Native Visions: Northwest Coast Art, 18th Century to the Present, October 1, 1998 - January 31, 1999 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "The Box of Daylight", September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984. (09/15/1983 - 01/08/1984) Anchorage, Alaska, Museum of History and Art, "Russian American: The Forgotten Frontier", 11/18/90 - 2/10/91; Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA, 7/17 - 10/21/90. (07/17/1990 - 02/10/1991)Published ReferencesSelected Works, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, p. 79 The Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1995, p. 36 Brown, Steven C., Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth to Twentieth Century, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum in Assoc. with University of Washington Press, 1998, p. 34, illus. 3.11. Kodansha. Weekly World Travel, No. 94, 2000, p. 16

Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg

Dimensions11 3/8 x 11 x 12 in. (28.89 x 27.94 x 30.48 cm)

MediumSpruce, human hair, brass buttons, and paint