Ornament (uncertain)

NA8485

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8485
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Abalone
Description

Circular, abalone shell ornament. Unperforated, which could indicate that it is a piece of inlay rather than to be worn as jewelry.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918

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