| Object Number | NA5704 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Iron | Abalone Shell |
| Description | Iron hair ornament that attaches to a young girl's hair braid. V-shaped with a deep notch in the center. Both arms have three longitudinal ridges and terminate in a spiral with a shell disc inlaid at the center of the spiral. The lower edge of each arm is somewhat thinned and the entire ornament bears similarities to Northwest Coast dagger pommels. |
| Length | 12.6 cm |
| Width | 5.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
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