Alaska
Circa 1900
Cedar with shell inlay
Height 7 1/4 in (18.415 cm) Width 5 in (12.7 cm)
Provenance: California private collection
A Tingit frontlet (historically part of a ceremony’s sháhaa.át or shakee.át) is an intricately carved wooden plaque like in this example and worn on the forehead as the centerpiece of a high-status dance headdress. Worn exclusively by chiefs, clan leaders, and individuals of high nobility among the Tlingit and other Northwest Coast Indigenous nations, it serves as a powerful visual declaration of lineage, ancestral rights, and clan history.
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Alaska
Circa 1900
Cedar with shell inlay
Height 7 1/4 in (18.415 cm) Width 5 in (12.7 cm)
Provenance: California private collection
A Tingit frontlet (historically part of a ceremony’s sháhaa.át or shakee.át) is an intricately carved wooden plaque like in this example and worn on the forehead as the centerpiece of a high-status dance headdress. Worn exclusively by chiefs, clan leaders, and individuals of high nobility among the Tlingit and other Northwest Coast Indigenous nations, it serves as a powerful visual declaration of lineage, ancestral rights, and clan history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand
