Charm

Museum number:
2-199
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000199
Alternate number:
2-199-204 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Made of beaver teeth; 8 beaver teeth connected with rawhide thongs; teeth wrapped in red and blue yarn, white cotton and white porcupine quills.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kosorefski, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kosorefski
Culture or time period:
Ingalik
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Castor canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Charm.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
12 centimeters
Comment:
Kosorsfski (Kozherevsky, Osgood's Koserefski) is old Ingalik Indian village on the left bank of the Yukon, opp. Holy Cross.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-199, described as Made of beaver teeth; 8 beaver teeth connected with rawhide thongs; teeth wrapped in red and blue yarn, white cotton and white porcupine quills.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-199, described as Made of beaver teeth; 8 beaver teeth connected with rawhide thongs; teeth wrapped in red and blue yarn, white cotton and white porcupine quills.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-199, described as Made of beaver teeth; 8 beaver teeth connected with rawhide thongs; teeth wrapped in red and blue yarn, white cotton and white porcupine quills.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-199, described as Made of beaver teeth; 8 beaver teeth connected with rawhide thongs; teeth wrapped in red and blue yarn, white cotton and white porcupine quills.

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