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Carving48.3.114

Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
whale bone
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Bracelet2870/1

Silver cuff style bracelet. Engraving shows a whale, covering most of the length, eating a seal, with a wave or floral design behind the whale's tail. Background is cross-hatched. Both sides end with a line after which is a similar design on both ends. Inside plain, no inscription.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
silver metal
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlNb669

Dark brown wood bowl in the shape of a raven in flight. Has circle in tapering oval eyes, nostrils, and an open beak. The two-feathered side wings have seven grooved crescent shapes each. The tail has six feathers.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar wood and stain
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA7312

Red-brown wood dish in the shape of a bear. Has circular abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a plain carved tapering oval, a snout, and an open mouth showing nine abalone shell inlaid teeth. Thirteen oval abalone shell inlaid pieces are along the rim. The fore legs are angled forward while the back legs are bent at the knees.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
abalone shell and wood
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3106

Brown basket with dark brown bands and rectangular cloth patching on side.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
plant fibre and dye
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl1570/26

Wood bowl with ovular base that flares out to a large, flat, elongated ovular rim. Cavity is almost circular and is located at centre of flat area. Flat area is decorated with incised grooves and inlaid beads and shell.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood, shell and glass
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seal BowlA2449

Deep red-brown wood bowl in the shape of a seal. Shaped as a smooth, rounded seal's head at one end with inlaid oval abalone shell eyes surrounded by a carved tapering oval, a nose that has inward bored circular nostrils with a vertical ridge in between, and an open mouth showing a tongue. The other end is shaped as a tail enclosed by u-shaped piece representing flippers consisting of a central shell inset ovoid and three horizontal bands with eight, nine or ten small circular insets. Flipper design carved at each side behind the head consisting of a central shell inset ovoid, a split u, and four curvi-linear lines with four or five small circular insets along the upper three. The tail is also outlined by small circular insets. In between the side flippers and the back flippers, there is a central shell inset ovoid. Flat rim is inlaid with nine opercula. Back of seal is concave, forming a dish. Carved areas are inlaid with opercula, abalone, and beads.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
abalone shell, glass, operculum shell and wood
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA2537

Walrus ivory model pole carved from a tusk, with three figures: a raven, a human holding a knife, and a human holding a fish in his mouth. All figures have circle in tapering oval eyes with a split u brow above. The raven's closed beak curves downward with the claws below. The side wings have an ovoid in ovoid along the upper portion while the lower portion has a pair of split u's with a u form that has an oval within. Both humans are in crouching position. The human in the middle has a closed mouth and the knife has a profile head finial at the end of the handle. The human on the bottom has an open mouth showing six upper teeth, with the tail of the fish in his mouth. On a square rounded base.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2516

Wooden carving of a woman lying on the back of a sea monster(?); she is shown nude, lying flat on her back with knees slightly raised. She has a labret in her lip. The creature's body is divided into three segments. Its head is painted black with red nostrils, the eyes are round and green, and the gills are well defined and delineated. The tail is black and split, with yellow and red concentric circles at each corner. A circular space has been carved out of the wood under the creature's head.

Culture
Tlingit ? or Haida ?
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA5102

Plain twined work with false and true embroidered design; braided rim. Design is called: "shark's teeth," "salmon berry," and "fish tail." they are discrete elements in natural and brown on 2 wide brown stripes and bordered by 2 narrow brown stripes.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
maidenhair fern, spruce root and dye
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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