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Carved Necklace

Culture: Tlingit, Native American
Medium: Bone, ivory, teeth
Place Made: Alaska, USA
Dates: 19th century
Dimensions: 31 7/8 in. (81 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Americas
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 05.271
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Collection
Image: Overall, 05.271_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: This necklace is made from 36 pieces of bone, teeth and ivory that are presently strung on a cord. It is unknown whether they originally belonged together. Ten of the pieces are elaborately carved into complex figures. Eight of the short teeth have a dot design on them. Other teeth appear to have been left natural and unmodified except for piercing a hole for a cord on one end.

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