Yup’ik Amulet

Shaman’s amulet

Yup’ik (Eskimo)

Cape Vancouver, Alaska, USA

18th/19th century

Walrus tusk (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) and glass trade-bead.

Height: 7,3 cm

Provenance: USN Admiral Jefferson F. Moser (1848 1934) as commander of the USS Albatross between October 12, 1897, and April 26, 1898, during a study on the causes of Alaskan salmon depletion for the U.S. Fish Commission along the west coast from California to Alaska

Object Presented by:
Anthony J.P. Meyer
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