This steel knife was ground down from filing. The split and coiled handle is wrapped in cloth and sinew (9.75 in. long). The sheath is of moosehide, beaver fur, dentalia shells, and blue, yellow and red trade beads. The shoulder strap is dentalia,...
Descriptive Narrative: watercolor showing interior of Tlingit clan house. May be the same house depicted in another Richardson painting in the ASM collection (V-A-335). Exhibition: ASM Friends Art Exhibit 12/82-1/83; ASM 7-10/4; ASM Gentle...
Description: wood; beads; metal; glass beads
Descriptive Narrative: Abacus (Russian: shchety). 12 rows of beads strung on metal tubes. The first 7 rows, row 10, row 11 have 10 beads. Row 8 & row 12 have 4 beads each. Row 9 has no beads. 2...