Neck Ring | Pieces Item Number: 25.0/232 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Worn by participants in the Tseyka, these neck ring ornaments in the Burke Museum collection consist of a set of three carved and painted wooden plaques, representing the tail and flippers of a whale. There may have been a fourth piece representing the whale's head in the set. They were probably sewn to a rope-like ring of dyed cedar bark, perhaps 18 cm in diameter, which could be conceived of as the body of the whale. The bifurcate tail with a humanoid face for the joint hangs down the back of the wearer, while the two similarly decorated flippers stand out to the sides of the chest. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is red, black, and green.
Item History
- Made by Charlie George Sr. ? or Charlie George Jr. ?
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Charlie George Sr. ? or Charlie George Jr. ?
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Killer Whale
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection