Helmet Ornament (uncertain)
NA555D
From: Alaska | St. Michael
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA555D |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | St. Michael |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Description | Boat hook blades or helmet ornaments. A and B are marked "Kontog (hat) ornaments" and "walrus spear." All are typical blades for boat hooks with two perforations for attachment. A is undecorated; B has deeply cut lines running through the holes on both faces; C is decorated on both polished faces with incised rayed circle-and-dot arranged marginally parallel, touching the marginal lines. See NA122, NA350, and NA1481. |
| Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
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