Sculpin pendant
Sculpin pendant

Currently not on view

Sculpin pendant,

ca. 1900

Lingít
1998-509

Information

Title
Sculpin pendant
Dates

ca. 1900

Medium
Abalone
Dimensions
8.8 × 4.5 × 1 cm (3 7/16 × 1 3/4 × 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
Object Number
1998-509
Place Collected

North America, Canada or United States

Marks/Labels/Seals
1998-509 written in black ink en verso
Culture
Lingít, Native American
Type
amulets, charms, pendants (jewelry)
Materials
ivory, shell
Techniques
jewelry making, engraving (incising)
Subject
fish, crests

Michael Ward, Inc.; John B. Elliott, New York, NY; Giften to Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

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