amulet;
pendant
- Museum number
- Am1967,06.1
- Description
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Amulet or pendant made of a piece of antler or bone, carved in outline and on one side with the representation of a killer whale. The whale is shown in standard Northwest Coast style, the tail and flippers with ovoids and u forms, the dorsal fin carved with a circular human face, and the whale holding a human head, upside down in the mouth. The dorsal fin is pierced for suspension.
- Production date
- 1780-1920
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.70 centimetres
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Width: 8.70 centimetres
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Depth: 1.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- New description by JCK 11/9/96.
Register 1967:
Northwest coast, Tlingit Indian.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1967
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1967,06.1