Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Tlingit
- Previous owner
- Archer V. Martin (Archer Evans Stringer Martin), Non-Indian, 1865-1941
- Seller
- Archer V. Martin (Archer Evans Stringer Martin), Non-Indian, 1865-1941
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Archer V. Martin (1865-1941, a judge in Victoria, British Columbia); purchased by George Heye from Archer Martin in 1916.
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- Place
- Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Tlingit
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/467
- Barcode
- 050467.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Shaman's charm/amulet (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved, incised
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_54399