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Gambling Stick48.3.24
Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Material
- ivory and whale bone
- Made in
- Northwest Coast, Canada ? or Northwest Coast, USA ?
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Tabua3114/2
Undecorated sperm whale tooth attached to a woven cord, called a tabua. The cord is made of braided plant fibre wrapped with colourful strands of yarn. Two holes are bored through the tooth, one at the tip and one near the top, through which the cord is tied.
- Culture
- Fijian
- Material
- sperm whale tooth, wool fibre ? and plant fibre
- Made in
- Fiji
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Carving3100/29 a-k
Multi-component whale bone carving. A large, flat slab of bone (part a) serves as the base of the sculpture, with several small holes bored into the top. The holes hold short, fine, bone or wood pegs (parts f to k) which serve as the legs of four small carved birds (parts b to e) that stand atop the base. All the birds hold their wings on their backs, their eyes are small bored holes painted black or filled with a black substance, and one has an open beak.
- Culture
- Inuit
- Material
- whale bone and wood
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada ?
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
Whale Bone, Fragment16/9983
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Material
- whale bone
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Club16/8377
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GULF OF GEORGIA AND PUGET SOUND. SMITH, HARLAN I. MEMOIRS, 4, 1907
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Gil'ama't ?
- Material
- whale bone
- Made in
- Gil'ama't, British Columbia, Canada ?
- Holding Institution
- American Museum of Natural History
Mask2012.92.56
The Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection.
- Culture
- Inupiat
- Material
- leather and whale bone
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Shakee.át Headdress Frontlet48.3.440
Distinct ornaments in this style are often called chief's headdresses because only persons of high status customarily wear them. In particular, the heads of noble houses giving potlatches are frequently seen in such garb during welcoming dances and speeches. Before use in a dance, the hollow center of the headdress is filled with bits of eagle down, which scatter about as the wearer moves, symbolizing goodwill toward his guests.
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Material
- copper metal, whale bone, abalone shell, feather, sea lion whisker, ermine skin and cloth
- Made in
- Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Tobacco Grinding Mortar48.3.169
Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Material
- whale vertebra
- Made in
- Dry Bay, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Killer Whale Pendant48.3.116
Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Material
- whale bone
- Made in
- Sitka, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum
Crab Charm48.3.115
Museum Purchase: Indian Collection Subscription Fund, Rasmussen Collection of Northwest Coast Indian Art.
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Material
- whale bone
- Made in
- Sitka, Alaska, USA
- Holding Institution
- Portland Art Museum