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Tlingit war axe, designed with carved handle, bear or wolf crest at shoulder and nephrite blade. Possibly human hair adorning carved face and inset with operculum shells for teeth. Haft is adorned with weaved basketry. Collected by Spanish in 1791.

Smudge bowl constructed from whooping crane sternum and basketry weaving. For the shaman, whooping cranes were a signal for seasonal change and things coming from other worlds.

Smudge bowl constructed from whooping crane sternum and basketry weaving. For the shaman, whooping cranes were a signal for seasonal change and things coming from other worlds.

Smudge bowl constructed from whooping crane sternum and basketry weaving. For the shaman, whooping cranes were a signal for seasonal change and things coming from other worlds.

Formerly owned by the wife of Tsimshian Chief Seeks (Seks), this item was collected by Frederick Landsberg in Victoria at an unknown date. Purchased by George Heye in 1905. Created ca. 1880.

Tlingit war axe, designed with carved handle, bear or wolf crest at shoulder and nephrite blade. Possibly human hair adorning carved face and inset with operculum shells for teeth. Haft is adorned with weaved basketry.