Object class: Pendants (jewelry) / Collection place: The Americas

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

Museum number:: 16-18548
Culture or time period:: Afro-Brazilian
Object class:: Charms
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Daryl P. Domning
Collection place:: Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Collection date:: April 1978

Museum number:: 2-199
Culture or time period:: Ingalik
Object class:: Charms
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: 12 centimeters
Collector:: Charles L. Hall
Collection place:: Kosorefski, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
Collection date:: ca. 1895
Taxon:: Castor canadensis

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