Wand Of Whalebone Item Number: E345116-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Evidently a part of some shaman's paraphernalia. The thin slab of whalebone has incided figurine heads at either end, one resembling a turtle, the other a gull. Some of the incised lines are recent, others show weathering."
Item History
What
- Name
- Wand Of Whalebone
- Identification Number
- E345116-0
- Type of Item
- wand
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
Where
When
- Collection Date
- during 1929
- Acquisition Date
- on October 11, 1929
Other
- Accession Number
- 107380