Ceremonial Copper

NA4915

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Tinneh
Object Number NA4915
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Date Made ca. 1800
Section American
Materials Copper
Iconography Bear
Description

Stylized front view of a bear; cut, scraped, and honed into surface. Modern sheet copper. Ceremonial. Zones black-painted, others bright. One of the best known copper tinnehs.

Credit Line Purchased from W. S. Sutton, 1916

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