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Charm, Shaman'sE/2715
TANGIBLE VISIONS. WARDWELL, ALLEN, 1996 FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988
- Culture
- Tlingit: Chilkat
- Material
- whale tooth and hide
- Made in
- Chilkat, Haines Borough, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Earring, Raven HeadE/2576
- Culture
- Tlingit: Hoonah Kow
- Material
- killer whale tooth ?, abalone shell and pigment
- Made in
- Hoonah Kow, Gan Da Can, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Charm, Doctor's, NeckE/2163
TLINGIT HALIBUT HOOKS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE VISUAL SYMBOLS OF A RITE OF PASSAGE. JONAITIS, ALDONA ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS, 57, 1981
- Culture
- Tlingit: Gun Nah Ho Qwan
- Material
- whale tooth
- Made in
- Gun Nah Ho Qwan, Alsek River, Yakutat Borough, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Tooth, WhaleE/2158
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Material
- whale tooth
- Made in
- 40 Miles From Sitka, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA ?
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
PlaqueA2.357
Roughly rectangular plaque or slab of whale tooth; yellow-white in colour with one brown end.
- Culture
- Yup'ik ?
- Material
- whale tooth
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
NecklaceC132
Ten whale teeth with holes drilled into them, attached together by a braided, brown coir fibre cord.
- Culture
- Fijian
- Material
- whale tooth and plant fibre
- Made in
- Fiji ?
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
StaffC523
Wood staff handle with a tooth mounted cross-wise on top. Tooth is yellowed with age and has a red spot on the top. One end of the tooth is pierced.
- Culture
- Fijian
- Material
- wood and whale tooth
- Made in
- Viti Levu, Fiji
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
ToolA2.392
Metal spokeshave with a short handle made from a yellow-white sperm whale tooth. Blade curves downwards from the handle into a flat middle section with a beveled edge, then curves back upwards, ending in a rounded notch with a circular hole through its centre (missing handle?).
- Culture
- Inuit
- Material
- iron metal and sperm whale tooth
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
FigureNa1677
The figure is a sculpture of a human torso from the shoulders up, is white-yellow in colour, has a well defined face with deep set eyes, a small sloped nose and has a closed mouth that is slightly frowning. Small C-shaped ears are carved on either side of the face, level to the eyes and the figure depicts chin-length hair that is represented by hatching marks on the head. The overall appearance of the figure is female. On the underside of the figure is a small brown hollow opening at the centre.
- Culture
- Inuit
- Material
- sperm whale tooth
- Made in
- Canada
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Tabua1650/5
Twined rope with a whale tooth attached where the ends meet. Tooth is held to rope with some grass through a hole in the tooth and a metal loop around one end of the rope.
- Culture
- Fijian
- Material
- fibre, sperm whale tooth, metal and adhesive
- Made in
- Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia