Bracelet

Item number 2005-102/22 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

Public

Item Records

This page shows all the information we have about this item. Both the institution that physically holds this item, and RRN members have contributed the knowledge on this page. You’re looking at the item record provided by the holding institution. If you scroll further down the page, you’ll see the information from RRN members, and can share your own knowledge too.

The RRN processes the information it receives from each institution to make it more readable and easier to search. If you’re doing in-depth research on this item, be sure to take a look at the Data Source tab to see the information exactly as it was provided by the institution.

These records are easy to share because each has a unique web address. You can copy and paste the location from your browser’s address bar into an email, word document, or chat message to share this item with others.

Data
Data Source

This information was automatically generated from data provided by The Burke: University of Washington. It has been standardized to aid in finding and grouping information within the RRN. Accuracy and meaning should be verified from the Data Source tab.

Exhibit Label

Tlingit artists of the late nineteenth century often rendered the creatures of crest art as silhouetted figures. Rather than constructing the animal of interconnected formline patterns, their salient features were detailed with formline elements, such as the ovoid joints of flipper and tail. This stout killer whale is an excellent example of this style. The configuration is unusual, but not unique, with the two halves of the split whale joined at the tail, and the heads coming together on each side of the double-hook clasp. Sure, bold engraving delineates the various parts: the broad pectoral fin with its clawlike divisions, the downturned dorsal fin, and the spread flukes. Ovoid joints and eyes are absolutely uniform in their rounded, arched form - an indication of an artist whose style is mature and individualized. (Holm, Box of Daylight, 1983).