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Dancing Walrus2012.127.26

Gift of Meredith and Robert Amon.

Culture
American, Inuit and Lake Harbour
Material
stone and caribou antler
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Group of Heads (People Together)2012.127.23

Gift of Meredith and Robert Amon.

Culture
American, Inuit and Baker Lake
Material
caribou antler
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Drum Dancer2012.127.20

Gift of Meredith and Robert Amon.

Culture
Canadian, Inuit and Cape Dorset
Material
serpentine stone, caribou antler and seal hide
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Caribou2012.127.18

Gift of Meredith and Robert Amon.

Culture
American, Inuit and Cape Dorset
Material
serpentine stone and caribou antler
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Hunter2012.127.16

Gift of Meredith and Robert Amon.

Culture
American, Inuit and Arviat
Material
stone and caribou antler
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Hunter Fighting Bear2012.127.15

Gift of Meredith and Robert Amon.

Culture
American, Inuit and Baker Lake
Material
stone and antler
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Elk Antler Purse2005.73.25

Gift of the Harris Family descendants, Port Orford, Oregon.

Culture
Southern Oregon Coast
Material
antler
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Purse87.88.72

Tribes such as the Yurok of northwestern Califonia and the Klamath of southern Oregon carried on a lively tradition of carving items from both elk antlers and wood. Elk antlers were cut in sections to be fashioned into small containers for dentalia, a marine shell that was used as money by the Yurok and other tribes of northwestern California.

Culture
Klamath
Material
elk antler
Made in
“Lower Klamath River” ?
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Otter Spoon48.3.261

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

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
mountain goat horn, caribou antler and copper metal
Made in
Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Spoon40.34.1

Gift of Mrs. Richard Nunn and Lucy Trevett.

Culture
Klamath
Material
elk antler
Made in
“Lower Klamath RIver” ?
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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