virtual-artifacts:Tlingit Polychromed Wooden Headdresswith domed helmut emerging to an effigy, depic
virtual-artifacts:Tlingit Polychromed Wooden Headdresswith domed helmut emerging to an effigy, depicting a raven, finely carved with a curving beak, slightly parted to reveal a rectangular implement, possibly a representation of the sun, incised with exaggerated nostrils, and pointed oval eye rims centering large hand cut plaques of abalone shell as pupils beneath thick arching brows, the crown inserted with tufts of dark brown hair, painted against the natural ground in vermilion red on the brows and beak, and black on the eye frames; the interior of deeply hollowed section with fine tool markings.length 15 in.(Sotheby’s) -- source link