Amulet

NA3364

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3364
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

Bone or ivory amulet likely made from carved walrus tusk. Possibly a shaman's pendant or amulet. Imagery on one side of a human figure with arms and legs extended outward. Two fish leap over the figure with their mouths open to catch a cylindrical object above the human. The bodies of the fish are carved with a line down the length of the body with four hash marks. The amulet has one perforation on the top.

Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915

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