Title
This charm is said to have functioned as a nose ornament, the gap in the wing allowing the item to be slipped over the nasal septum
Caption
This charm is said to have functioned as a nose ornament, the gap in the wing allowing the item to be slipped over the nasal septum, At some other time it may have been attached to a piece of regalia as the two holes in the body suggest. Museum no. 10025 Northwest Coast of America. Haida.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A29_075
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
23,8Mb (783,7Kb) / 11,5in x 8,0in / 3460 x 2400 (300dpi)