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Image Not Available for Bear jaw amulet. Made from lower jaw (mandible). Inlaid with haliotes shell.
Bear jaw amulet. Made from lower jaw (mandible). Inlaid with haliotes shell.
Image Not Available for Bear jaw amulet. Made from lower jaw (mandible). Inlaid with haliotes shell.
Object Number 95-20-10/48396
Display Title Bear jaw amulet. Made from lower jaw (mandible). Inlaid with haliotes shell.
Descriptions
Object Description Bear jaw amulet. Inlaid with haliotes shell. Made from lower jaw (mandible) of b
Inventory Description Pendant, animal upper jaw with teeth, inlay shell top and bottom, perforated
Classification
  • Pendant
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 6.2 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm (2 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 95-20-10/48396
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1817-1895)
Donor American Antiquarian Society (1895)

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