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
Sujet

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

Légende

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

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Notre référence

UMG12A29_075

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

23,8Mo (783,7Ko) / 29,3cm x 20,3cm / 3460 x 2400 (300dpi)

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