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 |
| Width | 7.9 |
| Outside Diameter | 1.4 |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/8158 - Collector Number |
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