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Wooden carving of a face with hands holding onto a deer’s antlers, painted in reds, blues, and ochres. It is framed by a turquoise border patterned with iridescent shell inlays. Partial side-view of a painted wooden carving of a face with hands holding onto a deer’s antlers, with a patterned frame made of iridescent shells. Visible is the carving’s three-dimensionality.

Unknown Maker, Tlingit

Frontlet (Shakee.at),

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Tlingit, Native North American

Title

Frontlet (Shakee.at)

Medium

abalone shell, wood

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wood,
  • abalone shell,
  • and pigment

Techniques

  • wood,
  • abalone shell,
  • and pigment

Dimensions

19.1 x 14.6 x 5.1 cm (7 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 2 inches)

Place

Place Made: Northwest Coast

Type

  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

44.154

Frontlet (Shakee.at)

Manual / Issue 8

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Place Made: Northwest Coast

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Manual / Issue 8

Give and Take
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Exhibition History

Being and Believing in the Natural World

October 22, 2022 - June 4, 2023
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Frontlet (Shakee.at) with the accession number of 44.154. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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