bird of prey;bone;ornament;ornament
- From The Collection Of
- Norfolk Museums
- Accession Number
- GRYEH : 2003.30
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Place
- Canada (creation)
- Description
- Bone carved ornament or souvenir in the form of a bird of prey with a human head on its tail; sculpture is decorated with ring and dot patterns on the body; believed to be North West Coast First Nations; Northwest Coast British Columbia, Tlingit;Tshimshian or Tlinghit. All five of these objects (shamen ornaments GRYEH : 2003.29, .30, .31, .32 & .45) are most likely Ts’msyen. Being that most of the missionary collecting was done at Metlakatla BC in their new Christian community. And one of the individuals mentioned was a shaman who gave up all his traditional shaman objects in order to be baptised.Young, SeanHaida Gwaii Museum22.1.2021
- See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Norfolk Museums
- CC BY-NC
Creation Place
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