Amulet

NA5703

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5703
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Argillite | Hide
Iconography Fish?
Description

Argillite pendant attached to a hide strap at one end. The stone carved into eight segments separated by shallow grooves. The first and last segments are elongated and perforated. May represent a fish.

Length 43 cm
Width 2 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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