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Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A fine pair of hand-carved bone and sheep horn pendants in the totemic form of stylized faces. The semi-opaque yellow horn carving features a frog with incised nostrils, mouth, and recessed eye sockets inlaid with nacre shell. The other pendant made from marine mammal or ungulate bone is carved as a glaring face- perhaps human- with wide eyes, arched brows, and bared teeth. Shamans undergoing transformation into animals to mediate between the spirit world was a popular theme in Pacific Northwest cultures- and they would carry totems, such as these pendants, of their spirit animals to guide and protect. Size (frog): 2" L x 1.5" W (5.1 cm x 3.8 cm)

Provenance: private Brevard, North Carolina, USA collection

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#171016

  • Condition: Stable pressure fissure on bone pendant near lower edge as shown, and light surface pitting to verso. Great patina and sharp details. Horn pendant is intact and excellent

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