Wooden. Broad hat, upside down animal figure rising from hat. Feet of some broken off figure on top of animal figure. Yellow cedar. Painted red, blue, black.
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Northwest Coastal People
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1914
Context of use:
Information from Charles Brown, June 1964: This is a shaman figure; animal figure is shaman's messenger spirit. The messenger spirit assists the doctor, who obtained the animal spirit's power by making a small cut on the side of its tongue...A doctor
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 40 centimeters
Comment:
Tlingit name for doctor's power: "yeykh" (fide Charles Brown, June 1964).