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>Costume Studies
>>1802 Tlingit x'igaa káa
>>>armor
>>>>helmet
Subject: x'igaa káa warrior
Culture: Tlingit
Setting: Russian warfare, Northwest Coast 1802-1867
Object: shadaa helmet











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* American Museum of Natural History > Hall of Northwest Coast Indians








* American Museum of Natural History > Hall of Northwest Coast Indians
"Helmets.
"Wooden collar to protect the lower face, carved to represent a sea lion."







* American Museum of Natural History > Hall of Northwest Coast Indians
"Helmet carved to represent a bat."










* American Museum of Natural History > Hall of Northwest Coast Indians 
"Helmet carved to represent a sea lion."








* National Museum of the American Indian Heye Center > Listening to Our Ancestors
"Shadaa (wooden helmet), 
possibly of the Wooshkeetaan Clan, 
1790-1820
Painted walrus or sea lion hide, opercula, leather, abalone shell, hair."

"Collar, 1750-1790"








* Museo de América > La realidad de América
"CASCO Y COLLERA con representaciones de rostros esquemáticos.
Madera, cobre, cuero y concha.  
Indios Tlingit (Siglo XVIII).  
Costa Noroeste.  
América del Norte."








* Museo de América > La realidad de América
"CASCO Y COLLERA que representa a un lobo, animal admirado y temido por su fuerza y violencia
Madera, concha y crin.  
Indios Tlingit (Siglo XVIII).  
Costa Noroeste.  
América del Norte."







* Cf.
>1795 Haida sea raider armor