Charm

29-175-155

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-155
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone
Technique Incised
Iconography Whale
Description

Flat; in form of a whale, with hole for suspension through dorsal fin. large ocal-oblong hole through rear half of body, with part of sides and bottom broken away. Curve may not have been continuous. Outlines, eyes, mouth and teeth, incised on profiles of head.

Height 5.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Length 12.2 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Thickness 1 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 2/606 - Collector Number

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