Charm

Museum number:
2-47057
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020047057
Alternate number:
117 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
Representing wolf or bear or raven (?); made of carved bear's claw.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida and Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Believed to protect the wearer from evil and to attract good fortune; used both by shamans and ordinary people.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.8 centimeters
Comment:
Stolen and recovered 1981 - Found in John Hellson's pocket.
Loans:
S1972-1973 #15: unknown borrower (October 20, 1972–March 30, 1973), S1980-1981 #65: UC Police Department (April 21, 1981–unknown), and S1988-1989 #8: Art Gallery (Sonoma State Univ.) (September 7, 1988–October 25, 1988)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Charm, accession number 2-47057, described as Representing wolf or bear or raven (?); made of carved bear's claw.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Charm, accession number 2-47057, described as Representing wolf or bear or raven (?); made of carved bear's claw.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-47057, described as Representing wolf or bear or raven (?); made of carved bear's claw.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charm, accession number 2-47057, described as Representing wolf or bear or raven (?); made of carved bear's claw.

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