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40-33-1

From: Canada | British Columbia

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 40-33-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Canada | British Columbia
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Iconography Crane | Sculpin? | Owl | Human
Description

Doctor's, used to cure patients that have been bewitched. Charm represents a crane and an owl. Whale jawbone carved with crane and sculpin ? biting the bird's tail. Human face at the crane's neck, with long spine rising to the bird's throat. Sculpin's tail broken off.

Length 85 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 6 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Gift of William Hinckle Smith, 1940

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