Miniature Totem Charm, possibly late 20th century. Bone, L 9 1/4 " W. 1 3/8". Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 80.98.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.98.5_bw.jpg)
Miniature Totem Charm, possibly late 20th century. Bone, L 9 1/4 " W. 1 3/8". Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 80.98.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.80.98.5.jpg)
Miniature Totem Charm
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Bone
DATES
possibly late 20th century
DIMENSIONS
L 9 1/4 " W. 1 3/8" (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
80.98.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Carved bone baton. Carved by Joe Bob Winstead according to Douglas Ewing. Miniature Siberian totem pole. Label on the base says: "Record Marker, 19th century, Eskimo, E. Alaska IPK." Three fish represented as split down the middle and flattened out are carved on a piece of bone. The eyes are drilled out: deep circular groves define the fishes; fins and tails. The bone is mottled grey in color. The surface is pitted and porous but shiny as though coated. There is a hole at the top for suspension.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Miniature Totem Charm, possibly late 20th century. Bone, L 9 1/4 " W. 1 3/8". Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 80.98.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 80.98.5_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
front, 80.98.5_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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