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Donor Name:
Lucien M. Turner  Search this
Length - Object:
2.5 cm
Object Type:
Figure
Place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
16 Dec 1879
Notes:
FROM CARD: "TINY FIGURE OF OTTER LYING ON BACK, FRONT PAWS UP TO FACE. STOMACH AND BACK DECORATED WITH V-SHAPED SCRATCHED. CARVED LOOP ON BACK FOR HANGING. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, ARCTIC, FIG. 10, PG. 172. ...USED AS DECORATIONS ON WOODEN HATS, AS AMULETS, AND POSSIBLY AS FASTENERS ON KAYAKS."
Ivory sea otter figure; made as a charm for hunting visors, this figure helped attract sea otters to the hunter.
Illus. Fig. 118a, p. 113 in Black, Lydia. 2003. Aleut art = Unangam aguqaadangin. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co. Publishers.
Record Last Modified:
9 Feb 2016
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
79A00065
USNM Number:
E35893-0
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Anthropology
Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e666adb4-3698-4a7c-8516-74c115015a2f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8405567