Cedar Headdress
Item Description
Cedar bark headdress lined with fabric
Date
Late 19th-20th century
Materials
Cedar bark, cloth, cotton lining
Dimensions
6 5/16 × 11 × 8 7/16 in. (16 × 28 × 21.5 cm)
Gitxaała Narrative
To be added soon
Provenance
Owned by Dzagmyilyeltk, House of Dzagmgishaaytks (Solomon Brown), ca. 1887-1970
Taken by Axel Rasmussen between 1920-1930 from Kitkatla
Repatriation Status
Repatriated, will be at temporary exhibit (Gitxaała Nation Repatriation) at Museum of Northern British Columbia (MNBC) until completion of Gitxaała Longhouse and Cultural Centre in Lax Klan.
Links
Museum and Original Catalog Number
Hood Museum of Art operated by Dartmouth University in Hanover, New Hampshire
163.22.15119
Margaret Patricia Hill, Wiihana’a, Ganhada, House of Dz’agmgishaaytks wearing the cedar headdress during the repatriation ceremony at the 51st Annual Dartmouth Powwow. The headdress’ owner Solomon Brown, Dzagmyilyeltk, House of Dzagmgishaaytks was Margaret’s grandfather. Photo courtesy of Dartmouth.
Image of the cedar headdress taken at the Hood Museum of Art.
Headdress, made late 19th-early 20th century, collected late 1920s-1945, cedar bark, cloth, and cotton lining, 16 × 28 × 21.5 cm. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer; 163.22.15119.
