amulet;
pendant
- Museum number
- Am1949,22.41
- Description
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Amulet or pendant carved from the ivory point of a bear incisor or walrus tusk in the form of a squatting bird, with a long beak, pointing down over the squatting figure of a human. The eyes of the bird and the human face are both carved in rudimentary Northwest Coast style, the space between the beak and the human is excavated, as is that between the human, bird claws and tail, and the space between the human head and unturned arms. The flat head of the bird is drilled vertically for a hole for the suspension cord. The whole pendant is heavily patinated, suggesting considerable antiquity.
- Production date
- 1700-1880
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.40 centimetres
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Width: 1.70 centimetres
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Depth: 2.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- There is no Oldman probate number on the object. New description by JCK 11/9/96.
Register 1949:
North West Coast.
Oldman No. 794.
See ETH DOC 1307.
- Location
- On display (G26/dc8)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1993-95, London, Museum of Mankind, 'Treasures of the Americas'
1999 25 Jun-Present, BM Room 26; Gallery of North America, Case: "The Northwest Coast of America"
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1949,22.41
