Artist:Tlingit
Medium: Bone, ivory, teeth
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Dates:19th century
Dimensions: 31 7/8 in. (81 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 05.271
Image: 05.271_acetate_bw.jpg,
Catalogue Description: This necklace is made from 37 pieces of bone, teeth and ivory that are presently strung on a cord. It is unknown whether they originally belonged together and were on this cord or they have been joined at a later time. Ten of the pieces are elaborately carved into complex figures. Eight of the short teeth have a dot design on them. Other teeth appear to have been left natural and unmodified except for piercing a hole for a cord on one end.