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Ceremonial headdress

Kodiak Eskimos

19th c.

skin of cormorant, beads, human hair, sinew

diameter 20 cm, height 16 cm, length of the “tail” 35 cm

The use of human hair as an adornment in the form of a “tail” speaks to the ritualistic use of this headdress. Most likely it is a part of a shaman’s outfit. Strings of beads and glass beads were originally attached to the upper part of the headdress and were displayed around the “tail.”

Ethnography of America