Carving
41-31-13A
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 41-31-13A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Whalebone |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Man | Wolf |
Description | Made from spilt half of whalebone, with 41-31-13B. Half is oblong with concave surface smoothed and covex face deeply carved with figure of wolf and a man. Designs nearly identical but reversed on the two pieces. Single perforation on each midway of edge. Probably medicine man's paraphernalia. |
Length | 8.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Width | 5.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Gift of Jennie W. Rogers, 1941 |
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