Three Tlingit veterans wore battle helmets (repatriated by the NMAI in 2015) during a “
khoo.eex,’” or ceremony, to protect herring spawning grounds near Sitka, Alaska, in 2018. 03/6648, 035008 and 032259
same,” he says. But a 3-D scan captures fine details, such as a carver’s knife stroke. John says, “A hundred years from now, some- one could go into a museum and look at a 360-degree view of an object—and maybe even touch it.” In 2010, John brought the Killer Whale Hat to the Smithsonian to have a 3-D replica
made so the NMNH could have the mod- el for educational purposes and the clan would have a detailed record of the original. Based on 3-D laser scans and photographs that captured every angle of the object, Smithsonian Exhibits staff carved the hat from alder wood using a computer-guided milling tool. The new hat was then painted
When this Marmot Hat crest helmet was returned to the Tlingit in 2014, it was first worn by Harry Bradley, a “grandchild” of the Naanya.aayí clan.
Marmot Hat (Tsax S’aaxw), carved and painted cedar inlaid with abalone shell and copper with basketry potlatch cylinders, circa 1875, 14.5” x 20 “. 24/3378
and inlaid with abalone shell from Alaska. A cape of ermine fur emulating flowing water was strapped to its back. While the original hat is once again home in Alaska, the replica hat is on display in Q?rius, the NMNH’s ed- ucation center, and is also available for use as regalia by visiting Tlingit dance groups. In 2012, Hollinger and a Smithsonian
digitization team traveled to Sitka for the Sharing our Knowledge Conference,
at
which they digitized clan crest objects for Tlingit leaders and showcased the Killer Whale Hat replica. Harold Jacobs, who had helped organize the conference, had seen a Sculpin Hat in NMNH’s collection. In Sit- ka, the Kiks.ádi clan’s secondary crest is a sculpin, or bullhead fish, so this hat, which had been collected in 1884, was an import- ant piece for the clan to have back. Howev- er, it was severely cracked, had a large “bite” of wood missing from the outside rim and the inside rim was chipped. The hat’s con- dition meant it could no longer be danced in ceremony. Jacobs proposed to Kiks.ádi clan leader Ray Wilson Sr. that the Smithsonian team,
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PHOTO COURTESY OF HAROLD JACOBS
PHOTO BY BETHANY GOODRICH
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