Title
Headdress with a carved killer whale whose open mouth is set with a sea otter teeth
Caption
Headdress with a carved killer whale whose open mouth is set with a sea otter teeth, Inlaid with abalone shell. Human hair hangs from the back of the whales fin. Worn on ceremonial occasions. Northwest Coast of America. Tlingit. collected c 1900. collected Tongass Narrows, Alaska.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Canadian Museum of Civilization
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A29_262
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
35,1Mb (2,0Mb) / 11,5in x 11,8in / 3460 x 3544 (300dpi)