- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Amulet, carved ivory seal figure with brown circles representing eyes and nostrils. [ILL [OPS move] 3/10/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Alaska Aleutian Islands
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1920
- Date collected
- By 1920
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Tooth, Process Carved, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 44 mm, Width: max 18 mm, Depth: max 14 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.49.223 Other numbers: R 1636/ 1937
Search terms: Religion, Figure, Amulet, Animal Figure
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