Figure
NA8489
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA8489 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Stone paint grinder with a figure carved onto the handle called the "Imp that guided the skillful hand of an artist" (LSDA). The figure appears to be crouching with an oval head extended horizontally. The face has roughly defined eyes, mouth, and a nose and appears to have traces of pigment. The grinding surface is circular with some damage along the edge below the rear of the figure. |
| Length | 10.3 cm |
| Width | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
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