Collector:

Col. Charles S. Bulkley  Search this

Donor Name:

Accession Number Unknown  Search this

Culture:

Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas)  Search this

Object Type:

Visor

Place:

Alaska, United States, North America

Collection Date:

1865

Notes:

Short bentwood visor with painted exterior decoration of red, black and yellow horizontal bands/stripes. Some decoration of sea lion whiskers on top edge of visor. Illustrated Fig. 133a, p. 133 in Black, Lydia. 2003. Aleut art = Unangam aguqaadangin. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers. Identified there as Eastern Aleutian style short visor. "Short visors were worn by all and were most utilitarian headgear. Young men of high rank also wore short visors before they achieved distinction."

Record Last Modified:

7 Jul 2021

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

000000

USNM Number:

E1131-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/333c53bc5-5a59-48cb-91e9-f5e275603d5e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8331883