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1951.2.12

Clapper carved with human faces on each side and frog on one.

1951.2.12

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Collection type
Object
Description
Clapper carved with human faces on each side and frog on one.
Cultural groups
Tlingit
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1951
Date collected
By 1951
Acquisition information
Donated: 1951
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Painted, Process Hollowed
Dimensions
Width: max 58 mm, Length: max 245 mm, Depth: max 55 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1951.2.12
Research and responses

Teri Rofkar (Tlingit Tribe) and Luba Dovgan-Nurse examined this object during a research visit in November 2011. They made the following comments: The moustache on the face could mean that the face is supposed to be a Frenchman or a Spaniard. The binding is sinew (‘silverskin’). [El.B 22/11/2011]

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