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Object Number 94-57-10/R224
Display Title Carved bone - "soul catcher"
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory ornament, tubular, hollow, w/ face in center, animals on ends, poli
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1894
Culture
  • Haida?
  • Tlingit?
  • Tsimshian?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 17.9 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm (7 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 94-57-10/R224 & L52/2/109
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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