Tlingit Amulet

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Description

black bear tooth

carved in the form of a land otter, with a stylized human figure reclining on its back, probably a shaman, limbs hugging the body, with thick lips and arching brows; deep aged patina overall.

Catalogue Note

See Wardwell, 1996, p. 187, no. 248 for a related example.