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Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorph, accession number 2-4787, described as Standing figurine on damaged base, human hair embedded in scalp, figure surmounted by animal head. Carved wood with black and red pigments. Oblong object held in right hand. On base: "[souther] n Alaska [presen]ted by Hon. L. B. Mizner May 77;". The figure is probably a doctor (shaman). Animal at top is his messenger (mink?) whose power the doctor obtained by cutting its tongue (fide Charles Brown, June 1964).

Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorph, accession number 2-4787, described as Standing figurine on damaged base, human hair embedded in scalp, figure surmounted by animal head. Carved wood with black and red pigments. Oblong object held in right hand. On base: "[souther] n Alaska [presen]ted by Hon. L. B. Mizner May 77;". The figure is probably a doctor (shaman). Animal at top is his messenger (mink?) whose power the doctor obtained by cutting its tongue (fide Charles Brown, June 1964).

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