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PL.\TE 156<br />

Ceremonial headdress (cAki'At) once belonging to Jim Kardeetoo, Teqwedi. The wooden carving, IJi inches tall, represents what "Mr.<br />

Henry Yakutat," i.e., Henry Shada (1865 ?-1944 ?, Teqwedi), caUed a "Gidjuk on a rock". The head of the Golden Eagle is surrounded<br />

by an oval of abalone shell inlay (Uke the sun); below, the wings are folded together across the bird's body, their tips overhanging<br />

the face below. The latter suggests a Thunderbird but is probably a stylized rock. The maskette is painted vermillion, black,<br />

and green. The frame of the headdress is of whalebone, covered with canvas and red broadcloth. There are sealion whiskers and flicker<br />

feathers at the top, and an ermine skin on each side, as well as a cape of ermine skin lined with flour sacking and decorated with tufts<br />

of green, orange, purple, and yeUow wool yarn (PAM 48.433).<br />

26.5-517—72—vol. VII, pt. 3 12

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