Ivory Amulet
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
collected 19th century
Ivory
Overall: 4 3/4 × 2 3/16 × 1/4 in. (12 × 5.5 × 0.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Edward W. Bush, Jr., Class of 1945, Tuck 1947
47.12.10813
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Amulet
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Purchased in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; collected by Captain Charles Akers Johnson (1840-1893); by descent to his grand nephew Edward W. Bush, Jr. (1923-2006, Class of 1945, Tuck 1947), West Hartford, Connecticut; given to present collection, 1947.
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