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1. Charm

Museum number:: 1-4383
Culture or time period:: Wailaki
Object class:: Charms
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 28.5 centimeters
Collector:: Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection place:: Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Collection date:: September 1903

2. Charm

Museum number:: 2-45381
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Charms
Dimensions:: length 3.5 centimeters
Collector:: Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1945-1971

3. Charm

Museum number:: 2-5893
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Bird motifs and Figurines
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: length 1 centimeters
Collector:: Rudolph Neumann
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1898

4. Charm

Museum number:: 2-6268
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: length 2.9 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

5. Charm

Museum number:: 2-1488
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Charms
Dimensions:: length 8.2 centimeters and length 4.2 centimeters
Collector:: Charles L. Hall
Collection place:: Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Collection date:: ca. 1895

6. Charm

Museum number:: 2-1493a-d
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Dimensions:: a)— length 2.2 centimeters, c)— length 5.2 centimeters, b)— length 2.4 centimeters, and d)— 3.4 centimeters
Collector:: Charles L. Hall
Collection place:: Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Collection date:: ca. 1895

7. Charm

Museum number:: 2-45388
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Charms
Dimensions:: 3 centimeters
Collector:: Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1945-1971

8. Charm

Museum number:: 2-7304
Culture or time period:: Tlingit
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Dimensions:: length 8.5 centimeters
Collector:: Older University Collections
Collection place:: Northwest Coast, United States
Collection date:: unknown

9. Charm

Museum number:: 2-5888
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Charms
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 4.2 centimeters
Collector:: Rudolph Neumann
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1898

10. Charm

Museum number:: 2-19101
Culture or time period:: Tlingit
Object class:: Carvings (visual works)
Dimensions:: length 11 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Northwest Coast, United States
Collection date:: 1869