PRIMITIVE ART. BOAS, FRANZ, 1951, Publisher: CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY THE DECORATIVE ART OF THE INDIANS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST. BOAS, FRANZ BULLETIN, 9, 1897

Cuff style bracelet with an ocean scene carved over the entire front surface. From left to right: a close-up eagle catching a salmon at the water's surface; two whale hunters in a canoe, the back person paddling, the one in front holding a harpoon up at his shoulder, with a star (or sun?) and crescent moon in the sky above them; a whale is swimming at the ocean's surface to the right of them, with mountains in the background. Inside is plain, unsigned.

Gift of John Wise

Large, disk-shaped pin with an engraved double-headed eagle of the Habsburg Empire surrounded by floral designs (far right in photo). Used by Andean women to secure their dresses and shawls.

Hammered silver pin (tupu) embellished at the top with a hunchback figure squatting on a box of open meshwork in the front and back. The figure's arms are resting on his knees, and he holds his hands to his mouth. On his shoulders are two sticks tied in a tumpline that hangs over his chest. He has a long face with a prominent nose and two big oval eyes and wears a conical cap decorated in front with an inverted U-shaped ornament. CONDITION: good; one eye is missing.

Hammered silver pin (tupu) with a vessel-like form at the top, which has a circular, open meshwork body and a flaring neck with two small handles. The pin is made of many separate parts joined by soldering. CONDITION: Good.

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund

Museum Expedition 1941, Frank L. Babbott Fund