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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