Crest Frontlet

Artist:HaidaSimeon Stilthda

Medium: Wood, abalone shell, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

• Alert Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Dates:1850–1875

Dimensions: 7 x 5 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (17.8 x 14.6 x 5.7 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Exhibitions:

• The Guennol Collection: Cabinet of Wonders
• Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas

Accession Number: L52.3

Image: L52.3_SL1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Carved crest frontlet of red cedar with black and red paint applied to features. Crest design is totemic in nature. Design suggests the legend of the raven and the whale. At the top of the crest is a bird (raven possibly), with a haliotis-rayed sun-like background, emerging from or being swallowed by a whale. At the bottom is the head of a human being (or spirit possibly). Condition: very good.

Brooklyn Museum