Ear Pendant

NA5776B

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5776B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Shark Tooth | Wool
Description

One of a pair of shark tooth ear pendants with serrated edges. A perforation is made at the root end of the tooth and a wool cord is strung through.

Length 3.7 cm
Width 5.1 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917

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