Ornament

29-175-475

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-475
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone | Abalone | Bead | Pigment
Technique Carved | Incised | Painted
Iconography Killer Whale
Description

Represents killer whale. Suspension holds in tip of dorsal fin. Shell inlay eyes, blue beads on dorsal fin. 13 indentations in 2 parallel rows and nostril dent. Bared teeth, lower fin outline and line between 2 rows of indentations, incised. Red coloring on lower part body, tail, tip of dorsal fin, blue coloring in incised line around mouth, lower fin line and top edge of body. Tail broken and glued.

Length 15.9 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 7.9 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Outside Diameter 1.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 6/8158 - Collector Number

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