Neck Ring

NA11752

From: United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA11752
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Sitka Kaagwaantaan Clan?
Section American
Materials Cedar Bark
Description

Neck ring made from twisted cedar bark fibers. The ends are wrapped with thin cedar bark cordage to form a loop. The ring is made up of four cedar bark ropes and the ends are turned into tassels with small fiber bundles at the ends.

Length 28 cm
Width 21 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1926
Other Number 125? or 126? or 127? - Other Number

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