Neck Ring
NA11753
From: United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Sitka (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA11753 |
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 | Feather |
Description | Neck ring made from twisted cedar bark fibers. The ends are wrapped with a thin band of white, feather down to form a loop. White, feather down is also wrapped around two other sections of the ring and, opposite the down wrapping at the ends, a cedar bark cord is wrapped to keep the ring together. The ring is made up of three cedar bark ropes and the ends are frayed. |
Length | 68 cm |
Width | 44 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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