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Whale bone tobacco mortar; in the form of a bird with copper
Whale bone tobacco mortar; in the form of a bird with copper
Object Number 11-60-10/83972
Display Title Whale bone tobacco mortar; in the form of a bird with copper
Descriptions
Object Description Whale bone tobacco mortar; in the form of a bird with copper inlays in wings and eyes, copper nailhead decoration at neck, shell inlays around rim.
Inventory Description Whale vertebrae mortar, carved, incised bird, copper, brass, teeth inlay (?).
Classification
  • Mortar
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska, Southern
Materials Bone, Brass, Copper, Tooth
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 45 x 39.7 cm (7 1/2 x 17 11/16 x 15 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1911)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1911)

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