Beaded necklace with an eagle's wing drinking tube

Made:
1850-1920 in Alaska
maker:
Tlingit people
Eagle's wing drinking-tube suspended on beaded necklace

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Eagle's wing drinking-tube suspended on beaded necklace
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Eagle's wing drinking-tube suspended on beaded necklace, used as an amulet, Tlingit, North-West Coast of North America, 1850-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A34741
Materials:
bone, glass, gut, leather and complete
Measurements:
overall weight: x x , , .055kg
type:
amulet
credit:
Wellcome, Sir Henry Solomon