Armour and Helmet

Photographer: MacDonald, George F.
Description

War helmet and visor carved and painted. The helmet depicts a bear with operculum teeth and abalone eyes. It also has sea lion or walrus whiskers protruding from it. Leather or hide armour is on display in the background.

Physical location
D/R Hamburg
Keywords
Tlingit
Abalone
Armour
bear
cuirass
formline paint
hide
leather
Operculum
Skin
warfare
whiskers
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
warobjects158
Copyright
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Terms of use
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Copyright owner(s)

© George F. MacDonald.

Source/owner terms of use
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