Collection place: Northwest Coast, United States / Collector: George Davidson / Donor: Ellinor C. Davidson - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Armor, accession number 2-19079, described as Armor shirt, elk hide (?), faced with separate vest-like garment with totemic painted designs (bear, beaver, bird) in red and brown. Killer whale (?) charm made of tooth. Attached as is, is a wood toggle.

Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.

Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19132, described as Composite wooden halibut hook, with carved land otter holding round object in paws (fide Charles Brown), carved shank probably of yew wood.

Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19135, described as Composite wooden halibut hook, carving of otter (fide Charles Brown).

Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19134, described as Composite wooden halibut hook, bird figure, barb missing.

Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19136, described as Wooden halibut hook: painted red with joining cordage missing.

Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19133, described as Composite wooden halibut hook, bird figure, barb missing.

Hearst Museum object titled Legging, accession number 2-19080, described as One of a pair; with totemic design (brown bear?) in green and black pigments on leather; fringed. Fur trim (probably otter) missing.

Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-19033, described as Made of cedar bark, checker weave, ragged.

Hearst Museum object titled Rattle spoon, accession number 2-19096, described as Wooden. Rattle in fish form (salmon) with human figure inside. Spoon projects from head of fish. Alder painted red and green. Label: "George Davidson, Chilkat, Aug. 1869." Wood and fish design type identified by Charles Brown, June 1964. Flat motif on back of spoon, like the handle, represents a man inside a fish (man was saved by fish who swallowed him and carried him ashore inside its belly). Fish looks like a salmon.