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Object Name: figurine
Culture: Tsimshian
Date: before 1985
Materials: Carved walrus ivory; inlayed with mother-of-pearl; ends capped with metal.
Dimensions: 26 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 in (66 cm x 12 cm x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line: Carl S. Dentzel Family Collection
Object ID: 3023.G.18

Institution: Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection, Autry Museum of the American West

Category: Art and Artifacts

Remarks: Tsimshian carving from walrus tusk, depicts four anthopomorphic figures (possibly a mountain goat topped by three bears) each holding a small human figure, Northwest Coast Area, acquired by the Museum 1985. Animals have large mother-of-pearl inlay eyes; base and tip incised with images of fish and an animal face, ends capped with metal (possibly silver).
Subject: anthropomorphic figures
Publication: North American Indian jewelry and adornment from prehistory to the present / Lois Sherr Dubin ; original photography by Togashi, Paul Jones, and others. page 57

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