Chiefs headdress with humanoid face surrounded by a row of abalone shell and a double row of smaller faces
Title

Chiefs headdress with humanoid face surrounded by a row of abalone shell and a double row of smaller faces

Caption

Chiefs headdress with humanoid face surrounded by a row of abalone shell and a double row of smaller faces, Part of the regalia worn during potlatch ceremonies. The headdress is decorated with sea lion whiskers, feathers and ermine tails. Northwest Coast of America. Tsimshian. collected Nass River 1927.

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Werner Forman Archive/ Royal Ontario Museum, Canada

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Reference

UMG12A29_240

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