Eagle war helmet

ca. 1780

Native American

Tlingit

L'eneidi clan, Aanxahitaan, Angoon

Spruce, human hair, brass buttons, and paint

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

Gift of John H. Hauberg

91.1.72

Photo: Paul Macapia

Not currently on view

Resources

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

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