Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design
Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design
Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design
Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design
Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design
Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design
Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design
Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design

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Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design,

before 1886

Lingít
PU 5126

Information

Title
Kées (bracelet) with old-style clasp and ch'áak' (eagle) design
Dates

before 1886

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
2.7 × 6.7 × 6.3 cm (1 1/16 × 2 5/8 × 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5126
Place Collected

North America, Laaxaayík Kwáan (Yakutat)

Marks/Labels/Seals
5126 written inside
Culture
Lingít, Native American
Type
silverwork, bracelets (jewelry), tourist trade, potlatches
Materials
silver
Subject
eagles, eagles

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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