| Object Number | NA1266 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska | Klukwan |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | A wooden body stamp with a handle at one end. The design is carved in relief and includes an eye at the bottom, a wide and curving rectangle in the center, and two vertically-oriented rectangles at the top, suggesting feathers. The stamp would be coated in animal fat, then covered with colored pigments before being applied to a dancer's skin. |
| Length | 10.9 cm |
| Width | 3.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
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