Tunic for Dancing Headdress Frontlet
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
First Nation
Northwest Coast
20th century
Blue wool cloth, cotton cloth and thread
Overall: 41 1/2 × 35 1/4 in. (105.4 × 89.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from the Friends of the Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art
987.65.26906C
Geography
Place Made: Kwakiuti, Vancouver Island, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Ceremonial
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Inscriptions
Frontlet and tunic
Exhibition History
Peoples and Cultures of the Northwest Coast and Arctic Regions, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 14, 1990.
The Commanding Presence of Imagery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,1989.
The Tradition Continues: Native American Art from New England Collections, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, March 10-May 29, 1994.
Provenance
Chief George Scow (1865-1955), Gwa'yi (Kingcome Inlet), British Columbia, Canada; Sotheby's, New York, New York, Fine American Indian Art, Sale 5643, Lot 200, December 2, 1987; sold to present collection, 1987.
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