Objects
Ceremonial staff, early 19th century
Ceremonial staff, early 19th century
Number
МАЭ № 4105-23
Title
Ceremonial staff
Ethnicity
Katmai
Date
early 19th century
Expedition
Russian circumnavigations and half round-the-world sea expeditions
Collectors-person
unknown sailor
Material
narwhale canine tooth, ivory, iron, copper, baleen
Dimensions
length 100.5, diameter of staff 2.5 cm, diameter of base for figure 4.7 cm. Figure of sea lion: length 6.2 cm, height 4.5 cm, width of figure without flipper 2.7 cm
Annotation
The staff is a symbol of a leader’s power, its top carved to resemble a sea lion.
Corpus
Ethnography of America
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