Description:

Native American / First Nations, Pacific Northwest Coast, Bella Coola, Southern British Columbia, Nuxalk people, ca. early 20th century CE. A dancing headdress frontlet carved from wood, a bird with anthropomorphic faces surrounding, the eyes inlaid with nacre shells, and the top adorned with feather quills. Drilled holes to the sides of the panel would have attached this frontlet to the brow of a headdress that would have been worn as part of a ceremonial costume worn as a beautiful symbol of authority and clan affiliation, Bella Coola frontlets are often carved with birds. Comes in a wood and glass display case. Size of frontlet: 6.5" W x 16" H (16.5 cm x 40.6 cm); case: 13.5" L x 6.75" W x 21.5" H (34.3 cm x 17.1 cm x 54.6 cm)

Please note this item falls under the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony Act and is not eligible for international shipping. Native American, Alaska Native, & Native Hawaiian objects are only eligible to ship within the United States.

Provenance: private West Jordon, Utah, USA collection; ex-Simmons collection, Portland, Oregon, USA

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  • Condition: Some fraying to quill tips. Minor chips to wood and stable fissures on some shell inlays, and some fading to painted pigments, otherwise intact and excellent. Displayed in a wood and glass case.

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