Paint Grinder
NA11759
From: Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Klukwan
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA11759 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska | Southeast Alaska | Klukwan |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Date Made | Late 19th century |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Description | Paint grinder carved into the shape of a crouching human figure called, "Imp that guided the skillful hand of an artist" (LSDA). Circular grinding surface. Roughly square body with an oval head and roughly carved facial features. |
| Length | 10.5 cm |
| Width | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1927 |
| Other Number | 133 - Other Number |
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