Charm

Museum number:
2-19102
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charms
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11.3 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-13611. Stolen from collections by John Hellson in 1980-81. Returned May 1989. See Alan Wardwell correspondence in acc. env.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968) and S1974-1975 #41: Palo Alto Cultural Center (January 6, 1975–March 19, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-19102, described as Curved ivory whale tooth with perforated totemic handle; represents bear's head.

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