Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast, United States or Canada, Tlingit or Haida people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of totemic implements hand-carved from marine mammal bone; a pin and amulet. The amulet is in the form of an anthropomorphic being with delineated ribs that create a gaunt and skeletal appearance, their eyes are wide with their tongue sticking out. The other item is a bone pin with a sharped stick for securing clothing or hair in place with a finial panel incised with an abstract formline motif. Size of pin: 5.125" L x 0.675" W (13 cm x 1.7 cm)

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Provenance: private Brevard, North Carolina, USA collection

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#171049

Surface pitting to verso and natural striations to bone amulet, otherwise intact. Pin is intact and excellent condition.