DàẋÁs'À (body scratcher)
DàẋÁs'À (body scratcher)
DàẋÁs'À (body scratcher)
DàẋÁs'À (body scratcher)

Currently not on view

DàẋÁs'À (body scratcher),

before 1886

Lingít
PU 5098

Information

Title
DàẋÁs'À (body scratcher)
Dates

before 1886

Medium
Slate and sinew
Dimensions
amulet: h. 3.6 cm., w. 5.8 cm., d. 0.3 cm. (1 7/16 x 2 5/16 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5098
Place Collected

North America, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)

Marks/Labels/Seals
Written in ink on back [Elizabeth Marsh Museum number]: 151/86 and 5098
Culture
Lingít, Native American
Type
utensils, amulets
Materials
slate, sinew
Subject
octopus, geometric patterns

Collected by Prof. William Libbey during Mount St. Elias Expedition in 1886; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1886

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